Lodging an application

If your application is properly made in accordance with section 51 of the Planning Act 2016, you will receive a confirmation notice from the assessment manager.

If your application is not properly made, you will receive an action notice from the assessment manager. Once the applicant takes the required actions to submit a properly made application, the assessment manager will then issue a confirmation notice.

Where a proposed development triggers state referral under the Planning Regulation 2017, the development application requires external referral to the State Assessment and Referral Agency (SARA).

For more information on state referral triggers, refer to the Planning Regulation 2017.

This part provides an opportunity for the assessment manager, concurrence agency or advice agency to ask the applicant for more information if there is insufficient information to allow a decision to be made.

This part also gives the applicant the ability to advise (on the approved form) that they do not want to receive an information request.

Impact assessable applications require the applicant to carry out public notification. To view the statutory requirements for public notification, please refer to Chapter 3, section 53 of the Planning Act.

The assessment manager assesses and decides the application, issuing a decision notice to the applicant. This notice details the decision to approve, approve with conditions or refuse the application.

For more information about the Development Assessment process, Queensland Government’s Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning has developed a guide which is available here.