331   Decisions on applications, and notices to applicants

(1)  Applications under this Division shall be submitted to the council by the owner of the land or by some person authorised by him in writing.

(2)  The council may approve of any such application, or approve subject to conditions, or disapprove.

(2A)  The power of a council to approve of an application subject to conditions includes the power to approve of an application subject to the condition that the applicant shall provide to the council security for the payment of the cost of making good any damage or injury, referred to in section 245A (1) (b), caused as a consequence of construction work, being the work to which the approval relates.

(2B)  A security referred to in subsection (2A) shall be:

(a)  the deposit with the council of such reasonable amount, or

(b)  a guarantee satisfactory to the council for such reasonable amount,

      as is determined by the council and specified in the condition.

(3)  The council shall cause notice to be given to the applicant of its decision.

(4)  In the case of an approval given subject to conditions or of a disapproval, the reasons therefor shall be indicated in the notice which shall also indicate that the applicant has a right of appeal under this Act against the decision of the council.

(5)  In any decision under this Division with respect to a proposed road the council shall classify such road if it be not already classified by the council.

(6)  An application under this Division, so far as it relates to development that may only be carried out with consent under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, shall not be approved or approved subject to conditions unless that consent has been granted either unconditionally or subject to conditions, but nothing in this subsection prevents the council from granting that approval at the same time as that consent is granted.

(7)  Notwithstanding subsection (2), the council shall disapprove an application where the subdivision referred to therein would, if carried out, result in a contravention of an environmental planning instrument or the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, whether arising in relation to that subdivision or any other development.