75Obligations of planning authorities

75 Obligations of planning authorities

75 Obligations of planning authorities

(1) A planning authority must not grant planning approval for the subdivision of land by a strata plan for the purposes of the development in stages of a parcel under this Part unless—

(a) the proposed strata plan includes a development lot, and

(b) the application for the planning approval is accompanied by a proposed strata development contract.

(2) When a planning authority grants a planning approval in accordance with this section, it must certify in the approved form that carrying out the permitted development would not contravene—

(a) any condition subject to which the approval was granted, or

(b) the provisions of any environmental planning instrument in force when the approval was granted, except to the extent, if any, specified in the certificate.

(3) A planning approval that purports to have been granted in contravention of this section is invalid.