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Minor Change Report 132001 210307 1 (As Published) · 132001.210307.1
APPLICATION FOR A MINOR CHANGE TO A DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL
Author Development Planner, Tiani Bird
Development Assessment
APPLICATION DETAILS
Application No. 132001.210307.1
Development Approval Development Permit for a Material Change of Use of Premises
to Establish a Medical Centre, Professional Offices &
Commercial Premises
Applicant Doonella Properties Pty Ltd TTE
Request Received On 10 June 2025
Report Reviewed By Andrew Gaffney – 31 July 2025
Decision Due Date 7 July 2025
PROPERTY DETAILS
Property Address 22 Doonella St Tewantin Qld 4565
RP Description Lot 1 RP 56190
Land Area 1049m2
Existing Use of Land Medical Centre, Professional Offices & Commercial Premises
STATUTORY DETAILS
SEQRP Designation Urban Footprint
Zone District Centre Zone
Precinct Not applicable
Local Area Plan Tewantin
Overlays Acid Sulfate Soils Overlay
Assessment Type Minor Change to Development Approval
1. PROPOSAL
The applicant seeks approval to change to an existing Development Permit for a Material Change
of Use of Premises to Establish a Medical Centre, Professional Offices & Commercial Premises.
The proposal seeks to change the approval in the following ways:
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• Amend the list of approval plans
• Increase the gross floor area and provide additional waiting area
• Adjoin the buildings
The locality and proposal plan are included below.
Figure 1 – Locality
Figure 2 – Aerial Image
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Figure 3 – Site Plan
Figure 4 – Existing Floor Plan
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Figure 5 – Existing Elevations
Figure 6 – Proposed Floor Plan
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Figure 7 – Proposed Elevations
2. BACKGROUND
A development approval for a Material Change of Use of Premises to Establish a Medical Centre,
Professional Offices & Commercial Premises was approved on 28 February 2002. The existing
development is made up of two separate buildings with a total existing gross floor area of 236.6m2.
An extract of the original approval plans is included below:
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Figure 8 – Approved Site Plan (132001.210307)
Figure 9 – Approved Elevations (132001.210307)
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3. ASSESSMENT
3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
• State Planning Policy;
• South East Queensland Regional Plan;
• Planning Regulation 2017; and
• Noosa Plan 2020 (25 September 2020).
3.2. Statutory Process
The applicant has requested to make a minor change to a development approval under s78 of the
Planning Act 2016. An application for a minor change to a development approval can only be made
in circumstances where a change would constitute a ‘minor change’.
The proposed change to the development approval requested by the applicant is determined to
constitute a minor change on the grounds that:
• the development would not result in substantially different development as the proposal does
not:
o involve a new use; or
o result in the application applying to a new parcel of land; or
o dramatically change the built form in terms of scale, bulk and appearance; or
o change the ability of the proposed development to operate as intended; or
o remove a component that is integral to the operation of the development; or
o significantly impact on traffic flow and the transport network, such as increasing traffic
to the site; or
o introduce new impacts or increase the severity of known impacts; or
o remove an incentive or offset component that would have balanced a negative impact
of the development; or
o impact on infrastructure provisions.
• the change does not include prohibited development;
• the change would not require the application to be referred to an additional referral agency
or cause a referral agency to have regard to new matters prescribed by regulation;
• where the original application was code assessable, the change would not cause the
application to become impact assessable.
3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
The original application was lodged and assessed under the now superseded 1990 planning
scheme. Pursuant to s81 of the Planning Act 2017, Council must consider the planning scheme in
effect when the original development application was lodged, however Council may give weight to
Noosa Plan 2020 as the planning scheme in effect at the time of the minor change application
being lodged.
The following codes from Noosa Plan 2020 are applicable to this development:
• District Centre Zone Code;
• Tewantin Local Plan Code;
• Business Activities Code;
• Works Codes;
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Existing Condition 43
43. Development undertaken in accordance with this approval must generally comply with the
approved plans of development. The approved plans are numbered 3001aa sheet of 2 and
sheet 2 of 2 prepared by Graham Matheson Licenced Building Designer and dated 12/12/01
and as may be amended by these conditions. The approved uses are Medical Centre,
Commercial Premises and Professional Offices.
Applicant’s Request
The applicant has requested existing condition 43 be amended to update the list of approved plans.
In support of the request the applicant has provided the below:
“As a result of the proposed amendments to the development, Condition 43 requires changing to
include the proposal plans, as per below (deleted red strikethrough and additions bold
underlined).
43. Development undertaken in accordance with this approval must generally comply
with the approved plans of development. The approved plans are numbered 3001aa
sheet of 2 and sheet 2 of 2 prepared by Graham Matheson Licenced Building
Designer and dated 12/12/01 Drawing Numbers 1, 4 and 5 drawn by e.designers
and dated 21.05.2025 and as may be amended by these conditions. The approved
uses are Medical Centre, Commercial Premises and Professional Offices.
Upon the approval of this application, the applicant is to submit to Council 6 (six) copies of
the Plan of Development, specifying on the face of the plan the approved uses, to allow the
Planning Scheme to be amended to include it in the Special Facilities (Medical Centre,
Commercial Premises and Professional Offices in accordance with the Plan of Development)
Zone.”
Assessment of Request
Agree
The proposal seeks to include additional gross floor area (GFA) to the existing medical centre and
offices in order to provide additional waiting area throughout the facility. The existing GFA of the
building is 236.6m2 and the proposal seeks to include 31.9m2 of GFA which will provide for a total
of 268.5m2 GFA. The original decision was approved under the 1990 Planning Scheme which
required 1 car parking space per 20m2 of use area or 3 spaces per medical practitioner whichever
is the greater.
The total approved use area being 236.6m2 /20m2 = 11.83
The development includes 16 car parking spaces.
In accordance with the Noosa Plan 2020, the Driveways and Parking Code does not prescribe
parking amounts applicable to Medical Centres however includes that 1 space per 20m2 is provided
for the ground level of offices.
The total proposed use area being 268.5m2 /20m2 = 13.425
As the development includes 16 car parking spaces, the subject site is provided with sufficient
parking for the additional gross floor area proposed. The development does not propose to create
conflicts with surrounding land uses and is utilising the existing footprint of the development thereby
containing the use area and not exacerbating offsite impacts.
The built form is not proposed within any of the setbacks and provides a plot ratio of 0:6.1 which is
consistent with the predominant scale of development within the Tewantin Local Plan Area.
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Recommendation
It is recommended existing condition 43 be amended to read as follows:
43. Development undertaken in accordance with this approval must generally comply
with the approved plans of development. The approved plans are numbered 3001aa
sheet of 2 and sheet 2 of 2 prepared by Graham Matheson Licenced Building
Designer and dated 12/12/01 and as may be amended by these conditions. The approved
uses are Medical Centre, Commercial Premises and Professional Offices.
Upon the approval of this application, the applicant is to submit to Council 6 (six) copies of
the Plan of Development, specifying on the face of the plan the approved uses, to allow the
Planning Scheme to be amended to include it in the Special Facilities (Medical Centre,
Commercial Premises and Professional Offices in accordance with the Plan of Development)
Zone.”
Approved Plans
43. Development authorised by this approval must be undertaken generally in accordance
with the Approved Plans listed in the table below.
Plan No. Rev. Plan/Document Name Date
3001aa Sheet of - Site Plan, prepared by Graham Matheson 12/12/01
2 Licensed Building Designer
Sheet 2 of 2 - Elevations, prepared by Graham 12/12/01
Matheson Licensed Building Designer
1 - Site Plan, prepared by E.Designers 02.06.25
4 - Proposed Floor Plan, prepared by 02.06.25
E.Designers
5 - Proposed Elevations, prepared by 02.06.25
E.Designers
4. CONSULTATION
4.1. Referral Agencies
Not applicable.
4.2. Internal Council Referrals
Not applicable.
5. CONCLUSION & REASONS FOR DECISION
The proposed development generally complies with the requirements of the planning scheme and
does not raise any significant issues that cannot be addressed by reasonable and relevant
conditions. The application is therefore recommended for approval.
The report is provided in accordance with Section 83(9) of the Planning Act 2016.
RECOMMENDATION
With regard to Application No. 132001.210307.1 to make a minor change to an existing approval
for Development Permit for a Material Change of Use of Premises to Establish a Medical Centre,
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Professional Offices & Commercial Premises situated at 22 Doonella St Tewantin Qld 4565 and
described as Lot 1 RP 56190, Council on 14 July 2025 decided to:
A. Approve the change.
B. Amend conditions 43 to read as follows:
Approved Plans
43. Development authorised by this approval must be undertaken generally in accordance with
the Approved Plans listed in the table below.
Plan No. Rev. Plan/Document Name Date
3001aa Sheet of - Site Plan, prepared by Graham Matheson 12/12/01
2 Licensed Building Designer
Sheet 2 of 2 - Elevations, prepared by Graham Matheson 12/12/01
Licensed Building Designer
1 - Site Plan, prepared by E.Designers 02.06.25
4 - Proposed Floor Plan, prepared by 02.06.25
E.Designers
5 - Proposed Elevations, prepared by 02.06.25
E.Designers
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