Planning Act 2023

This section applies in relation to a development application if leased land (the adjoining land) adjoins the land to which the application relates.

The territory planning authority must do the following:

if the adjoining land is occupied—give written notice of the making of the development application to the registered proprietor of the lease at the adjoining land;

if the adjoining land is unoccupied—give written notice of the making of the development application to the lessee of the adjoining land at the lessee’s last‑known address.

The territory planning authority may give written notice of the making of the development application to a lessee of land that is not adjoining land if the authority considers that the land may be affected by the proposed development in a way similar to adjoining land.

The territory planning authority may make a guideline for subsection (3) about how land may be affected by a proposed development to which a development application relates.

A guideline is a notifiable instrument.