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Local Government Act 2002

Regulatory, enforcement, and coercive powers of local authorities - Development contributions - Contributions may be required by territorial authorities

199J: Consideration of development contribution objection

You could also call this:

“Special people look at why you don't want to pay for new buildings in your area”

When you object to a development contribution, special commissioners will look at your objection. They will think about why you objected and what evidence you gave them. They will also consider the reasons for having development contributions in the first place. These reasons are explained in sections 197AA and 197AB.

The commissioners will look at the rules in the development contributions policy that made you pay the contribution. They will think about how your development, along with other developments in the area, affects the need for community facilities that the contribution is meant to pay for. They will also think about any other important things that connect your development to the contribution you’re objecting to.

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Part 8 Regulatory, enforcement, and coercive powers of local authorities
Development contributions: Contributions may be required by territorial authorities

199JConsideration of development contribution objection

  1. When considering a development contribution objection and any evidence provided in relation to that objection, development contributions commissioners must give due consideration to the following:

  2. the grounds on which the development contribution objection was made:
    1. the purpose and principles of development contributions under sections 197AA and 197AB:
      1. the provisions of the development contributions policy under which the development contribution that is the subject of the objection was, or is, required:
        1. the cumulative effects of the objector’s development in combination with the other developments in a district or parts of a district, on the requirement to provide the community facilities that the development contribution is to be used for or toward:
          1. any other relevant factor associated with the relationship between the objector’s development and the development contribution to which the objection relates.

            Notes
            • Section 199J: inserted, on , by section 55 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).