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Planning Bill

Planning consents - Notification, submissions, and hearings - Notification

124: Mandatory public notification in some circumstances

You could also call this:

"When to Tell the Public About Planning Applications"

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If you apply for a planning consent, the consent authority must tell the public about it in certain situations. You might have asked for the application to be made public. The authority must also notify the public if the law says they have to, or if your application is related to exchanging recreation reserve land. The authority must tell the public if a rule in a land use plan or national rule says they have to, for the type of activity in your application. This is a proposed change to the law, which would affect how planning consents are handled. You can find more information about this in section 126 and section 15AA of the Reserves Act 1977.

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Part 4Planning consents
Notification, submissions, and hearings: Notification

124Mandatory public notification in some circumstances

  1. A consent authority must publicly notify an application for a planning consent if—

  2. the applicant has requested that the application be publicly notified:
    1. public notification is required under section 126:
      1. the application is made jointly with an application to exchange recreation reserve land under section 15AA of the Reserves Act 1977:
        1. a rule in a land use plan or national rule requires public notification in relation to the activity or activities to which the application relates.