Town Planning Report - Minor Change Unit 3 September 2021

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      Background

      The development for a Group Housing Development was approved by Council on the 20 October 1995,
      comprising 5 x 3 bedroom units within three detached buildings, each two storeys in height (TPC 2832).


      Since that approval was granted a number of changes have occurred generally as follows:
      •    a permissible change (51995.1530.02) was approved on 11 October 2004 for a pool to be located to
           the rear of Unit 4;
      •    a permissible change (51995.1530.03) was approved by Council on 15 November 2010 for an additional
           bedroom and a 17m² additional deck area to be located on the upper level northern and eastern façade
           of Unit 5;
      •    a Generally in Accordance request was issued on 22 May 2014 for an extension to the deck on Unit 3;
      •    a minor change application (51995.1530.04) was approved on 8 February 2021 for additions and
           alterations to Unit 4; and
      •    a minor change application (51995.1530.05) was approved on 23 December 2020 to provide a roof over
           an existing deck on Unit 5.


      The following assessment of the proposed minor change is based on the development parameters provided
      in the Council officer assessment report for a recent change made to the development (51995.1530.04).
      This application was lodged on 14 July 2020 and was for a minor change for the adjoining Unit 4. That minor
      change complied with the site cover requirements and resulted in an overall reduction in gross floor area
      (GFA) as calculated under the Noosa Plan 2020 (discussed further below).


      It is understood the latest change made to Unit 5 (51995.1530.05) did not change any development
      parameters for the existing Group Housing Development, being for an open roofed deck not extending
      beyond the existing roof line of Unit 5 and not changing site cover or GFA. Consequently, the development
      parameters referred to below remain current (51995.1530.04).


      Statutory process

      The request for a minor change to an existing development approval is made under section 78 of the
      Planning Act 2016 (PA2016). An application for a minor change to a development approval can only be
      made in circumstances where a change would constitute a ‘minor change’ as defined under the PA2016.


      Having regard to definition of a “minor change” under the PA2016, the proposed change to the
      development approval:
           •    does not result in a substantially different development as the proposal does not dramatically
                change the built form in terms of the scale, bulk, and appearance, and otherwise does not offend
                any of the matters raised under Schedule 1: Substantially different development under the
                Development Assessment Rules;
           •    does not include prohibited development;
           •    does not require the application to be referred to additional referral agencies; and
           •    does not cause the application to become impact assessable.




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