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Local Government Act 2002

Regulatory, enforcement, and coercive powers of local authorities - Development contributions - Development agreements

207A: Request to enter development agreement

You could also call this:

“Asking or being asked to make a special building deal with the local council”

You can ask a local council to make a development agreement with you if you’re a developer. This means you write to the council and ask them to enter into this agreement with you. The council can also ask you to make an agreement with them by writing to you first.

Remember, the council has other powers too. These powers are listed in section 12 of the law, and this new rule doesn’t change those powers.

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Government and voting > Local councils
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Part 8 Regulatory, enforcement, and coercive powers of local authorities
Development contributions: Development agreements

207ARequest to enter development agreement

  1. A territorial authority may enter into a development agreement with a developer if—

  2. the developer has requested in writing that the territorial authority enter into a development agreement with the developer; or
    1. the territorial authority has requested in writing that the developer enter into a development agreement with the territorial authority.

      1. This section does not limit section 12.

      Notes
      • Section 207A: inserted, on , by section 62 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).