Section 65589.55 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Substantial compliance of preliminary application(a) For purposes of a local agency's approval, conditional approval, or disapproval of a housing development project pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 65589.5, a housing element or amendment shall be considered in substantial compliance with this article only if the element or amendment was in substantial compliance, as determined by the department or a court of competent jurisdiction, when a preliminary application, including all of the information required by subdivision (a) of Section 65941.1, was submitted or, if a preliminary application was not submitted, when a complete application pursuant to Section 65943 was submitted.(b) This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, existing law.Added by Stats 2024 ch 267 (AB 1886),s 2, eff. 1/1/2025.