Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

PLANNING ACT - SECT 53A

(1) This section applies in relation to a development application:

(a) determined by the consent authority in accordance with section 53(a) or (b); and

(b) in respect of which submissions were made in accordance with section 49 and there is a right of appeal under section 117.

(2) As soon as practicable after determining the development application, the consent authority must serve a notice of determination:

(a) on the applicant; and

(b) on each person (including a local authority) who made a submission in relation to the development application in accordance with section 49.

(3) The notice of determination must be in the approved form, containing the following information:

(a) the determination of the consent authority;

(b) the reasons for the determination;

(c) particulars about the rights of appeal under Part 9.

(4) If there is a local authority for the land to which the determination relates and the local authority did not make a submission in accordance with section 49, the consent authority must:

(a) advise the local authority of the determination; and

(b) provide the local authority with a copy of the reasons for the determination.

(5) The consent authority must make available for inspection and purchase by the public a copy of the notice of determination.