SPA Decision Notice - 010.2010.00000100.001 [As Published] · MCU11/0053

                                                                                              2010/100



                                                  Appeal Rights
                                                 SUNSTAINABLE PLANNING ACT       2009   &    SUSTAINABLE
                                                 PLANNING REGULATION 2009




The following is an extract from the Sustainable                     (ii) the length of a period mentioned in
Planning Act 2009 (Chapter 6).                                            section 341 for the approval.
                                                          (3)    However, a submitter may not appeal if the
MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE, RECONFIGURING A                          submitter—
LOT & OPERATIONAL WORKS
                                                                 (a) withdraws the submission before the
Division 8 - Appeals to court relating to                            application is decided; or
development applications
                                                                 (b) has given the assessment manager a
461     Appeals by applicants                                        notice under section 339(1)(b)(ii).
(1)     An applicant for a development application        (4)    The appeal must be started within 20
        may appeal to the court against any of the               business days (the submitter’s appeal
        following-                                               period) after the decision notice or
        (a) the refusal, or the refusal in part, of a            negotiated decision notice is given to the
           development application;                              submitter.
        (b) any condition of a development approval,      463   Additional and extended appeal rights for
           another matter stated in a development               submitters for particular development
           approval and the identification or inclusion         applications
           of a code under section 242                    (1)    This section applies to a development
        (c) the  decision to give a preliminary                  application to which chapter 9, part 7
           approval when a development permit was                applies.
           applied for;                                   (2)    A submitter of a properly made submission
        (d) the length of a period mentioned in                  for the application may appeal to the court
           section 341;;                                         about a referral agency’s response made by
        (e) a deemed refusal of the development                  a prescribed concurrence agency for the
           application.                                          application.
                                                          (3)    However, the submitter may only appeal
(2)     An appeal under subsection (1)(a), (b), (c) or
                                                                 against a referral agency’s response to the
        (d) must be started within 20 business days
                                                                 extent it relates to—
        (the applicant’s appeal period) after—
        (a) if a decision notice or negotiated decision          (a) if the prescribed concurrence agency is
            notice is given—the day the decision                     the chief executive (environment)—
            notice or negotiated decision notice is                  development for an aquacultural ERA; or
            given to the applicant; or                           (b) if the prescribed concurrence agency is
        (b) otherwise—the day a decision notice was                  the    chief   executive      (fisheries)—
            required to be given to the applicant.                   development that is—
(3)     An appeal under subsection (1)(e) may be                     (i)  a material change of use of
        started at any time after the last day a                          premises for aquaculture; or
        decision on the matter should have been                      (ii) operational work that is the removal,
        made.                                                             damage or destruction of a marine
                                                                          plant
462     Appeals by submitters - general
                                                          (4)    Despite section 462(1), the submitter may
(1)     A submitter for a development application
                                                                 appeal against the following matters for the
        may appeal to the court only against-
                                                                 application even if the matters relate to code
        (a) the part of the approval relating to the             assessment—
           assessment manager’s decision about
                                                                 (a) a decision about a matter mentioned in
           any part of the application requiring
                                                                     section 462(2) if it is a decision of the
           impact assessment under section 314; or
                                                                     chief executive (fisheries);
        (b) the part of the approval relating to the
                                                                 (b) a referral agency’s response mentioned in
           assessment manager’s decision under
                                                                    subsection (2).
           section 327.
                                                          464   Appeals by advice agency submitters
(2)     To the extent an appeal may be made under
        subsection (1), the appeal may be against 1       (1)    Subsection (2) applies if an advice agency, in
        or more of the following—                                its response for an application, told the
                                                                 assessment manager to treat the response
        (a) the giving of a development approval;                as a properly made submission.
        (b) any provision of the approval including—      (2)    The advice agency may, within the limits of its
           (i)    a condition of, or lack of condition           jurisdiction, appeal to the court about—
                  for, the approval; or

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