Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993

A person or body may make to a planning authority a representation in relation to the relevant exhibition documents (apart from the documents referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of relevant exhibition documents in section 31) that is made available by the planning authority for viewing by the public at exhibition premises in accordance with section 40H(a).

A representation in relation to a draft amendment of an LPS – is to be made under subsection (1) within the exhibition period in relation to the draft amendment of an LPS; and must be made by submitting the representation to the premises, or to the electronic address, that are specified, in accordance with section 40G(3)(b), in the exhibition notice in relation to the draft amendment of an LPS.

Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a person or body may make a representation in relation to a draft amendment of an LPS as to whether – a provision of the draft amendment of an LPS is inconsistent with the SPPs; or a provision of the draft amendment of an LPS should, or should not, apply a provision of the SPPs to an area of land; or the draft amendment of an LPS should, or should not, contain a provision that an LPS is permitted under section 32 to contain.

A representation in relation to a draft amendment of an LPS must not be a representation to the effect that the content of a provision of the SPPs should be altered.

For the purposes of this Part, any matter, contained in a representation under subsection (1) in relation to a draft amendment of the LPS, that – does not relate to the contents or merits of the draft amendment; or is not a matter to which subsection (3) relates; or is a representation to which subsection (4) relates – is not to be taken to be part of the representation.