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Public Notification and Submissions on Development Applications
Public notification is required to be undertaken for impact assessable applications.
12 July 2022 - 04:36PM
Click here for information on applications currently on public notification.
During the public notification period, the community can make submissions about a development application to the assessment manager (Cook Shire Council), who will consider the submission when making their decision.
The submissions must be ‘properly made’.
A ‘properly made’ submission must:
- Be made to the assessment manager
- Be signed by each person who made the submission
- Be received by Cook Shire Council during the formal public notification period
- State the name and residential or business street address of each person who made the submission
- State one postal or electronic address for Council to send correspondence to
- State what aspects of the proposed development you support or oppose and why, using facts and circumstances
You may lodge a submission in one of the following ways:
E-mail: mail@cook.qld.gov.au
Post: PO Box 3, Cooktown Qld 4895
In-Person: drop your submission into Cook Shire Council Administration Office - 10 Furneaux Street, Cooktown