Minor Change Letter

                 Appendix B – Substantially Different Development.
                                             DA Rules - Schedule 1
                                 Substantially Different Development Test
1.   An assessment manager or responsible entity may determine that the change is a minor change to a
     development application or development approval, where – amongst other criteria – a minor change
     is a change that would not result in ‘substantially different development’.
2.   An assessment manager or responsible entity must determine if the proposed change would result in
     substantially different development for a change—
           a. made to a proposed development application the subject of a response given under section
              57(3) of the Act and a properly made application;
           b. made to a development application in accordance with part 6;
           c. made to a development approval after the appeal period.
3.   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.
4. A change may be considered to result in a substantially different development if the proposed change:
a) involves a new use; or            The proposal does not involve a new use.


b) results in the application applying      The proposed development does not require an application for a
   to a new parcel of land; or              new parcel of land.
c) dramatically changes the built           The proposed change will not dramatically increase in the scale,
   form in terms of scale, bulk and         bulk or appearance of the development.
   appearance; or
d) changes the ability of the proposed      The minor change will not affect the ability of the development to
   development to operate as                operate as intended as a Multiple Dwelling.
   intended; or
e) removes a component that is              The proposal does not remove an integral part of the
   integral to the operation of the         development.
   development; or
f) significantly impacts on traffic flow    The proposal does not impact the existing use of the site. There
   and the transport network, such as       will be no increase to the traffic to the site.
   increasing traffic to the site; or
g) introduces new impacts or increase       The site was approved for a residential use and this use will
   the severity of known impacts; or        remain. The are no new impacts
h) removes an incentive or offset           There are no incentives or offsets removed as part of the proposed
   component that would have                minor change.
   balanced a negative impact of the
   development; or
i) impacts        on       infrastructure   There will be no impact on the existing infrastructure.
   provisions.