An application for development shall be complete for purposes of commencing the applicable time period for action by the Board when so certified by the Board or its authorized committee or designee.

The applicant shall be notified in writing whether the application has been determined complete or incomplete by the Board or its authorized committee or designee within 45 days of the date of submission of an application. An application shall be determined complete if all of the items required by the appropriate completeness checklists have been submitted.

In the event that the agency, committee or designee does not certify the application to be complete or incomplete within 45 days of the date of its submission, the application shall be deemed complete upon the expiration of the forty-five-day period.

The applicant may request that one or more of the submission requirements be waived. A written request, explaining the basis for such request(s) must be submitted for such waiver requests in order to be considered. The Board or its authorized committee shall grant or deny the waiver request within 45 days of receipt of the written request.

Nothing herein shall be construed as diminishing the applicant's obligation to prove in the application process that he is entitled to approval of the application. The Board may subsequently require correction of any information found to be in error and submission of additional information not specified in this chapter or any revisions in the accompanying documents, as are reasonably necessary to make an informed decision as to whether the requirements necessary for approval of the application have been met. The application shall not be deemed incomplete for lack of any such additional information or any revisions in the accompanying documents so required by the Board.