ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT ACT 1979 - SECT 4.56 Modification by consent authorities of consents granted by the Court

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT ACT 1979 - SECT 4.56

4.56 Modification by consent authorities of consents granted by the Court

(cf previous s 96AA)

(1) A consent authority may, on application being made by the applicant or any other person entitled to act on a consent granted by the Court and subject to and in accordance with the regulations, modify the development consent if--

(a) it is satisfied that the development to which the consent as modified relates is substantially the same development as the development for which the consent was originally granted and before that consent as originally granted was modified (if at all), and

(b) it has notified the application in accordance with--

(i) the regulations, if the regulations so require, and

(ii) a development control plan, if the consent authority is a council that has made a development control plan that requires the notification or advertising of applications for modification of a development consent, and

(c) it has notified, or made reasonable attempts to notify, each person who made a submission in respect of the relevant development application of the proposed modification by sending written notice to the last address known to the consent authority of the objector or other person, and

(d) it has considered any submissions made concerning the proposed modification within any period prescribed by the regulations or provided by the development control plan, as the case may be.

(1A) In determining an application for modification of a consent under this section, the consent authority must take into consideration such of the matters referred to in section 4.15(1) as are of relevance to the development the subject of the application. The consent authority must also take into consideration the reasons given by the consent authority for the grant of the consent that is sought to be modified.

(1C) The modification of a development consent in accordance with this section is taken not to be the granting of development consent under this Part, but a reference in this or any other Act to a development consent includes a reference to a development consent as so modified.

(2) After determining an application for modification of a consent under this section, the consent authority must send a notice of its determination to each person who made a submission in respect of the application for modification.

(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following--

(a) the period after which a consent authority, that has not determined an application under this section, is taken to have determined the application by refusing consent,

(b) the effect of any such deemed determination on the power of a consent authority to determine any such application,

(c) the effect of a subsequent determination on the power of a consent authority on any appeal sought under this Act.