RAL250001 - Minor Change Application - Amended 5.8.25

                 (i) control of all weeds species listed in the following standards and legislation:
                       i. …
                      ii. …
                     iii. Council Listed Environmental Weeds, Exotic Grasses and other plants identified in
                          writing by Council

      Comment: Condition 16.i.ii should be deleted on the following grounds: The condition is open-ended,
      and the terms are not defined. The Council's biosecurity plan already lists Council-declared pest
      species, and Schedule 3 includes environmental weeds. We need to maintain the existing grass cover
      to prevent erosion. Some of this cover includes 'improved pasture' species, which are 'exotic grasses'
      but are not declared by the Council under the Biosecurity Plan, such as Rhodes Grass. We must retain
      these grasses in the short term to protect the soil from erosion, maintain soil health and moisture and
      avoid land degradation. In the long run, the new plantings envisaged by the balance of the condition
      will help shade the exotic grasses out. Therefore, removing the condition will not affect the approval
      or the intended environmental outcome and will prevent adverse environmental effects that could
      lead to land degradation.

      ASSESSMENT OF CHANGE AGAINST THE PLANNING ACT 2016

      Consideration has been given to the relevant matters for assessing a minor change per the Planning
      Act 2016, having regard to the definition of minor change in Schedule 2 and the assessment criteria in
      Section 81 of the Act.

      Schedule 2 of the Planning Act 2016 outlines the definition of a minor change for a development
      approval:

              Schedule 2 – minor change means a 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;
              (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)pubic notification if public notification was not required for the development application.




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