(1)  This section applies to an application for a permit in respect of a use or development for which, under the provisions of a planning scheme, a planning authority is bound to grant a permit either unconditionally or subject to conditions or restrictions.

(2)  If an application for a permit to which this section applies meets the requirements of the planning scheme to which the application relates, a planning authority must grant the application either unconditionally or subject to conditions or restrictions not later than the expiration of the period of 28 days from the day on which the planning authority received the application or such further period as is agreed to, in writing, by the planning authority and the applicant before the expiration of that 28-day period.

(2A)  A further period agreed to by a planning authority and an applicant under subsection (2) may be extended or further extended by agreement, in writing, between the planning authority and applicant at any time before the expiration of the period to be extended and, when so extended, is taken to be the further period referred to in subsection (2) .

(3)  Where a planning authority grants a permit to which this section applies either unconditionally or subject to conditions or restrictions, it must, within 7 days of granting the permit, serve notice of its decision on the applicant.