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Resource Management Act 1991

Resource consents - Decisions on applications relating to non-aquaculture activities

115: Time limits for notification of decision

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“How long authorities have to tell you their decision after you apply for a resource consent”

When you apply for a resource consent, the authority must tell you about their decision within a certain time. If there is a hearing, they must give you notice of the decision within 15 working days after the hearing ends. They must follow the rules in section 114 when giving you notice.

If your application is not notified and there is no hearing, the authority must give you notice of the decision within 20 working days after they receive your application. If your application is notified but there is no hearing, they must give you notice within 20 working days after the deadline for submissions on your application. If you have a fast-track application, they must give you notice within 10 working days after they receive your application.

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Part 6 Resource consents
Decisions on applications relating to non-aquaculture activities

115Time limits for notification of decision

  1. Notice of a decision on an application for a resource consent must be given under section 114 within the time limits in this section.

  2. If a hearing is held, notice of the decision must be given within 15 working days after the end of the hearing.

  3. If the application was not notified and a hearing is not held, notice of the decision must be given within 20 working days after the date the application was first lodged with the authority.

  4. If the application was notified and a hearing is not held, notice of the decision must be given within 20 working days after the closing date for submissions on the application.

  5. Despite anything else in this section, if the application is a fast-track application, notice of the decision must be given within 10 working days after the date the application was first lodged with the authority.

  6. Repealed
Notes
  • Section 115: replaced, on , by section 87 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
  • Section 115(4A): inserted, on , by section 148 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).
  • Section 115(5): repealed, on , by section 104 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 63).