Acknowledgement Notice - 010.2010.00000628.001 [As Published] · 132010.628

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(f) if the adjoining land is land being bought from the          7       NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER & NOTICES
State for an estate in fee simple under the Land Act                     TO ADJOINING OWNERS
1994—the buyer; or                                               The following is an extract from Section 299 of the
(g) if the adjoining land is land granted in trust or            SPA:
reserved and set apart and placed under the control of           (2)       Each notice given to the owner of adjoining
trustees under the Land Act 1994—the trustees of the             land must be given at about the same time as the
land; or                                                         notice is published in the newspaper and placed on
(h) if paragraphs (a) to (g) do not apply—the person             the land.
for the time being entitled to receive the rent for the
land or who would be entitled to receive the rent if the         (Refer to the approved form of the notice at
land were let to a tenant at a rent.                             www.dip.qld.gov.au/spa)

Please ensure that all public notices that are                   (3)       All actions mentioned in subsection (2) must
published in the newspaper, placed on the land,                  be completed within 5 business days after the first of
and given to adjoining land owners clearly state                 the actions is carried out.
that:
                                                                 8       NOTIFICATION PERIOD
(a)       written submissions        may    be   made            Section 298 of the SPA indicates as follows:
          electronically; and
(b)       electronic submissions are to be sent to               298 Notification period for applications
          mailto:[email protected]                   (1) The notification period for the application must
                                                                 be at least—
                                                                 (a) 30 business days starting on the day after the last
6        NOTICE ON LAND                                          action
(1) The following is an extract from the Sustainable             under section 297(1) is carried out, if any of the
Planning Regulation 2009 and prescribes, for section             following apply for the application—
297(1)(b) of the SPA, requirements for the placing of a          (i) there are 3 or more concurrence agencies;
notice on land:                                                  (ii) all or part of the development—
(2) The notice must be—                                          (A) is assessable under a planning scheme; and
(a) placed on, or within 1500mm of, the road frontage            (B) is prescribed under a regulation for this
for the land; and                                                subparagraph;
(b) mounted at least 300mm above ground level; and               (iii) all or part of the development is the subject of an
(c) positioned so that it is visible from the road; and          application for a preliminary approval mentioned
(d) made of weatherproof material; and                           in section 242; or
(e) at least 900mm in height and 1200mm in width.                (b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—15 business days
(3) The lettering on the notice must be as stated on             starting on the day after the last action under section
the approved form of the notice. (Refer to the                   297(1) is carried out.
approved form of the notice at                                   (2) The notification period must not include any
www.dip.qld.gov.au/spa)                                          business day
(4) If the land has more than 1 road frontage, a notice          from 20 December in a particular year to 5 January in
must be placed on each road frontage for the land.               the
(5) The applicant must maintain the notice from the              following year, both days inclusive.
day it is placed on the land until the end of the
notification period.
                                                                 9      COMPLETION OF NOTIFICATION PERIOD
(6) In this section—
road frontage, for land, means—                                  Section 301 of the SPA indicates as follows:
(a) the boundary between the land and any road
adjoining the land; or                                           If the applicant carries out notification, the applicant
(b) if the only access to the land is across other land—         must, within 20 business days after the notification
the boundary between the other land and any road                 period ends, give the assessment manager written
adjoining the other land at the point of access.                 notice that the applicant has complied with the
                                                                 requirements of this division.




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