When you apply for a planning consent that involves a stormwater network, the consent authority must consider certain things. They must not approve your application if it goes against a stormwater environmental performance standard or an infrastructure design solution, as defined in section 5 of the Water Services Act 2021. The authority must also include conditions in the consent that give effect to these standards or solutions. If you apply for a planning consent, the consent authority may include conditions that relate to activities or effects that are not covered by stormwater environmental standards or infrastructure design solutions. However, there are some exceptions to this rule, and the authority does not have to follow these rules if an exception applies. The authority can still include conditions in the consent that relate to other matters, as long as they are not prevented by this Act. The consent authority must make sure that any conditions they include are not more or less restrictive than necessary to meet the stormwater environmental performance standards or infrastructure design solutions. This means that the conditions should be fair and reasonable, and should not be too strict or too lenient. The authority must balance the need to protect the environment with the need to allow development and growth.