New Zealand Acts

URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 120

120 Time limits for giving notice of decisions

1 For resource consent applications lodged under the development plan but not notified under section 119 , a consent authority must give notice of its decision on the application within the following time limits:

a) for applications for controlled or restricted discretionary land use or subdivision activities, within 10 working days of the application being first lodged:

b) for all other applications, within 20 working days of the application first being lodged.

2 A consent authority must issue its decision on an application notified under this subpart within the following time limits:

a) if a hearing is held, not later than 15 working days after the last day of the hearing:

b) if no hearing is held, not later than 20 working days after the closing date for submissions on the application.

3 This section applies instead of section 115 of the Resource Management Act 1991 .

History: Section 120(1)(a): amended, on 23 December 2023, by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).   Section 120(1)(a): amended, on 24 August 2023, by section 805(1) of the Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 (2023 No 46).     Section 120(3): amended, on 23 December 2023, by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).