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Natural resource permits - Applying for natural resource permit - Permit authority may require further information

140: Request for further information

You could also call this:

"When you apply for a permit, the authority can ask you for more details to help them make a decision."

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If you apply for a natural resource permit, the permit authority can ask you for more information. They can ask for this at any reasonable time before they make a decision on your application. You will need to provide this information so the authority can understand the implications of their decision. The permit authority will only ask for more information if they think it is necessary. They will consider how much it will cost to get the information and how important the decision is. They must ask for the information in a specific way. If the permit authority asks you for more information, they must follow the correct process. This means they must ask in the right format and way, as set out in the rules.

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139: Certain permits must be processed and decided no later than 1 year after lodgement, or

"The council must decide on your natural resource permit within 1 year of you applying."

141: Request for report, or

"Asking for a special report to help decide your natural resource permit application"

Part 4Natural resource permits
Applying for natural resource permit: Permit authority may require further information

140Request for further information

A permit authority may request that the applicant provide further information relating to the application at any reasonable time before the hearing of an application for a natural resource permit or, if no hearing is held, before the decision to grant or refuse the application.
The permit authority may make a request under subsection (1) only if it is satisfied that obtaining the information will ensure that the permit authority has enough information to understand the implications of its decision, after considering—
the cost and feasibility of obtaining the information; and
the scale and significance of the matter to which the decision relates.

A permit authority that requests further information under this section must do so in the prescribed form and manner.