Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 No 203
Historical version for 1 August 2008 to 31 August 2008 (accessed 20 May 2013 at 01:04)
Current version
82A Review of determination
(1) If the consent authority is a council, an applicant may request
the council to review a determination of the applicant’s application,
other than:(a) a determination to issue or refuse to issue a complying
development certificate, or
(b) a determination in respect of designated development,
or
(c) a determination in respect of integrated development,
or
(d) a determination made by the council under section 116E in respect
of an application by the Crown.
(2) A request for a review may be made at any time, subject to
subsection (2A).
(2A) A determination cannot be reviewed:(a) after the time limited for the making of an appeal under section
97 expires, if no such appeal is made against the determination,
or
(b) after an appeal under section 97 against the determination is
disposed of by the Court, if such an appeal is made against the
determination.
(3) The prescribed fee must be paid in connection with a request for a
review.
(3A) In requesting a review, the applicant may make amendments to the
development described in the original application, subject to subsection (4)
(c).
(4) The council may review the determination if:(a) it has notified the request for review in accordance with:(i) the regulations, if the regulations so require,
or
(ii) a development control plan, if the council has made a development
control plan that requires the notification or advertising of requests for the
review of its determinations, and
(b) it has considered any submissions made concerning the request for
review within any period prescribed by the regulations or provided by the
development control plan, as the case may be, and
(c) in the event that the applicant has made amendments to the
development described in the original application, the consent authority is
satisfied that the development, as amended, is substantially the same
development as the development described in the original
application.
(4A) As a consequence of its review, the council may confirm or change
the determination.
(5) The decision whether or not to review the determination must not
be made by the person who made the determination unless that person was the
council, but is to be made by a person who is qualified under subsection (6)
to make the review.
(6) If the council reviews the determination, the review must be made
by:(a) if the determination was made by a delegate of the
council—the council or another delegate of the council who is not
subordinate to the delegate who made the determination, or
(b) if the determination was made by the council—the
council.
(7) The council must give notice of the result of the review to the
applicant as soon as practicable after the review.
(8) If on the review the council grants development consent, or varies
the conditions of a development consent, the council must endorse on the
notice the date from which the consent, or the consent as varied,
operates.
(9) If on a review the council changes a determination, the changed
determination replaces the earlier determination as from the date of the
review.
(10) If on a review the council grants development consent, or varies
the conditions of a development consent, the council is entitled, with the
consent of the applicant and without prejudice to costs, to have an appeal
made under section 97 in respect of its determination withdrawn at any time
prior to the determination of that appeal.
(11) A decision on a review may not be further reviewed under this
section.