minor change report · 131999.982632.1

Minor Change Test

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

 It 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             Response
   Rules
                                                   No new use is introduced, the minor change seeks a
   (a) Involves a new use                          retrospectively approval for covering roof terraces.
                                                   No new parcel of land is introduced.
   (b) results in the application applying
       to a new parcel of land; or
                                                  No dramatic changes proposed.
   (c) dramatically changes the built form
       in terms of scale, bulk and
       appearance; or
                                                  The units continue to operate as both long and short term
   (d) changes the ability of the proposed        accommodation under existing use rights from the definition
       development to         operate as          of Multiple dwelling in the Superseded Planning Scheme.
       intended; or
                                                  No change to the operation of the units.
   (e) removes a component that is
       integral to the operation of the
       development; or
                                                  There is no change to the traffic impacts on site as the density
   (f)   significantly impacts on traffic flow    is not changing.
         and the transport network, such as
         increasing traffic to the site; or

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