Agreed, it offers some utility but it's only for antipodal purposes.
In the end, it all depends on how hard the applicant drives the process and how much they are trying to get away in the sense of non-compliance with particular codes and their justification of why. (I'm assuming we would never be privy to the actual process of the application, just the summary and decision)
If they keep it bang on code and provide a detailed and comprehensive EIA, you can envisage the exposure to extended timeframes could be minimised.
It all comes down to the OPP part of the process and if that has been satisfied. That appears to be a time-consuming sort of process. I would have thought 6 months would be a good result here.
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