Regional Planning Interests Act 2014

The chief executive must give the assessing agency for the application a copy of the application within the prescribed time frame.

The assessing agency must, within the limits of its functions, assess the application and, in doing so, consider all of the following—

the extent of the expected impact of the resource activity or regulated activity on the area of regional interest;

any criteria for the assessment prescribed under a regulation;

if the assessment is for a notifiable assessment application—all properly made submissions received by the assessing agency about the application;

if the assessing agency is a local government—any criteria under the local government’s planning scheme for assessing the application.