Minor Change Request Pomona Subdivision

Minor Change Test

An assessment against the meaning of minor change and a response about the proposed
application is provide below. The Planning Act 2016 defines a minor change as a change to the
approval that:

i. would not result in a substantially different development*;
      (*In determining whether the proposed change would result in substantially different
      development, the assessment manager or referral agency must consider the individual
      circumstances of the development, in the context of the change proposed.)

Schedule 1 of the Development Assessment Rules set outs provisions for a substantially different
development. A change may be considered to result in a substantially different development if the
proposed change results in any of the following outlined in Table 1 below.

Table 1 - Substantially different development

 Provisions of Schedule 1 of the DA Rules             Response
    (a) Involves a new use                            There is no new use proposed onsite
    (b) results in the application applying to a      No new parcel of land is introduced
         new parcel of land; or
    (c) dramatically changes the built form in        The subdivision design is in accordance
         terms of scale, bulk and appearance; or      with the original approval for 8 lots.
      (d) changes the ability of the proposed         No change to the use approved.
          development to operate as intended; or
      (e) removes a component that is integral to     No essential component of the
          the operation of the development; or        development is proposed to be removed.
      (f) significantly impacts on traffic flow and   The proposal does not trigger any
          the transport network, such as increasing   additional traffic or stormwater impacts
          traffic to the site; or                     that were not already considered and
                                                      approved.
      (g) introduces new impacts or increase the      No new impacts or the severity of impacts
          severity of known impacts; or               is likely to result from the plan
                                                      modifications.
      (h) removes an incentive or offset              Does not remove an offset or incentive
          component that would have balanced a        components of the development.
          negative impact of the development; or
      (i) impacts on infrastructure provisions.       There is no       additional   impacts   on
                                                      infrastructure.

Given the above, the proposed change to the existing approval is a minor change in accordance
with Schedule 2 of the Planning Act 2016 and Schedule 1 of the Development Assessment Rules.