Minor Change - Planning Report · MCU17/0024.02

5.2 Minor Change

In accordance with Schedule 2 of the Planning Act 2016 a ‘minor change’ means change that -

(b) for a development approval—

         (i) would not result in substantially different development; and

         (ii) if a development application for the development, including the change, were made
         when the change application is made would not cause—

                 (A) the inclusion of prohibited development in the application; or

                 (B) referral to a referral agency, other than to the chief executive, if there were no
                 referral agencies for the development application; or

                 (C) referral to extra referral agencies, other than to the chief executive; or

                 (D) a referral agency, in assessing the application under section 55(2), to assess the
                 application against, or have regard to, a matter, other than a matter the referral
                 agency must have assessed the application against, or had regard to, when the
                 application was made; or

                 (E) public notification if public notification was not required for the development
                 application.

In respect of whether the change results in a ‘substantially different’ development, assessment
against Schedule 1: Substantially Different Development Guideline contained within the
Development Assessment Rules, is provided in Table 1 below:

Table 1 - Substantially Different Development Guideline

       ‘Substantially different’
                                                                         Comment
            development
 Involves a new use                          No change of use is proposed, only minor built form
                                             changes.
 Results in the application applying         No new land is applied over as part of this change
 to a new parcel of land
                                             application.
 Dramatically changes the built              Minor changes to the built form are proposed but they sit
 form in terms of scale, bulk, and
                                             within the existing built form and will not be noticeable
 appearance
                                             from the street or seen from the beach
 Changes the ability of the proposal         Does not change the ability of the Surf Club to operate
 to operate as intended
                                             as intended.
 Removes a component that is                 The proposed minor change will not alter the operation
 integral to the operation of the
                                             of the development.
 development
 Significantly impacts on traffic flow       The deck area was included in the original gross floor
 and the transport network, such as
                                             area calculation and use area which determines traffic
 increasing traffic to the site
                                             generation from the use. Therefore no additional use



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