Minor Change Council Report 132003 220664 4 (As Published)

               PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                     12 August 2025


               2.     APPLICATION BACKGROUND
               On 12 June 2003, Council approved an extension to an existing shop, approving an additional
               25m2 of use area. Car parking was provided within Maple Lane road reserve, a condition of the
               approval also required the provision of a disabled car parking space in the road reserve west of
               the site and payment of a car parking contribution for one car parking space.
               A subsequent change application was later lodged to reduce the development’s gross floor area
               of the shop to remove condition 10 which required payment of car parking contributions. On 1
               June 2006, the change application was approved to reflect to the reduced floor area.
               3.     SITE DETAILS
               3.1. Site History
               At the time the original development application was approved, the site was located within the
               Village Business Zone under the Schedule to the Planning Scheme, with a shop being a self-
               assessable use.
               The use of a shop within this location remains consistent with the scheme.
               3.2. Site Description
               The subject site is 1,011m2 in size and is located on the northern edge of the Cooroy District Centre.
               The site has frontage to Maple Street to the east and to Council owned car parking areas to the
               north and west. The site is improved by two existing commercial buildings that accommodate a
               series of shops. Vehicular access to the site is from the Council Car Park via Maple Street or Maple
               Lane.
               3.3. Surrounding Land Uses
               The site has frontage to Maple Street to the east and to Council owned car parking areas known
               as Apex Park Carpark to the north and west and the commercial area of Cooroy to the south.
               Adjacent to the subject site includes the Butter Factory and Council’s Library.
               4.     ASSESSMENT
               4.1. 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
               •    Noosa Plan 2020 (25 September 2020).
               4.2. 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

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