The development application process is a consultative one among several entities for the processing of building and environmental permit applications. Building applications start at the Local Planning Authority/Municipal Corporations recommend that this be deleted because not all building applications are referred to National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and like other Agencies in the building process NEPA is just a commenting agency so the last sentence in the first paragraph would cover NEPA. Several other agencies are required to comment on the various types of application and are included in the process as commenting agencies.

JDAP has all the key decision makers in the development application review process – the local authorities and the relevant agencies – in a workflow so that all entities can view the application simultaneously, review, comment, and provide recommendations accordingly.