19Notification of development to owners of adjoining land

19 Notification of development to owners of adjoining land

19 Notification of development to owners of adjoining land

(1) When an application is made for consent to carry out development on any land, the consent authority must give written notice of the application to such persons as appear to it to own adjoining land.

(2) If the adjoining land is common property or a lot within the meaning of the Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973 or the Strata Schemes (Leasehold Development) Act 1986, a written notice to the owners corporation of the strata scheme concerned is sufficient notice to the owner of each lot within the scheme.

(3) Each notice is to contain the following information—

(a) the address of the land to which the development application relates,

(b) a description of the proposed development,

(c) a plan showing the site of the proposed development,

(d) the name of the applicant,

(e) a statement to the effect that the development application referred to in the notice and the documents accompanying the application may be inspected at the office of the Council at any time during ordinary office hours within a period of 14 days from the date shown on the written notice,

(f) a statement to the effect that any person, during the period of 14 days from the date shown on the written notice, may make a submission in writing to the consent authority in relation to the development application.

(4) This clause does not require the consent authority to give notice of an application for consent to carry out development that the consent authority considers to be of a minor nature and that, in the consent authority’s opinion, will not detrimentally affect the use and enjoyment of adjoining land.