Minor Change - Planning Report

4.2 Minor Change

In accordance with Schedule 2 of the Planning Act 2016 a ‘minor change’ means 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; or

                 (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) public notification if public notification was not required for the development
                 application.

In respect of whether the change results in a ‘substantially different’ development, assessment
against Schedule 1: Substantially Different Development Guideline contained within the
Development Assessment Rules, is provided in Table 1 below:

Table 1 - Substantially Different Development Guideline

       ‘Substantially different’
                                                                         Comment
            development
 Involves a new use                          The Indoor entertainment use remains unchanged, only a
                                             different type of that use is proposed from martial arts to
                                             fitness centre.
 Results in the application applying         No new land is applied over as part of this change
 to a new parcel of land
                                             application.
 Dramatically changes the built              No change to the external built is proposed
 form in terms of scale, bulk, and
 appearance
 Changes the ability of the proposal         The fitness centre does not alter the use as intended.
 to operate as intended
 Removes a component that is                 The proposed minor change will not alter the operation
 integral to the operation of the
                                             of the development.
 development
 Significantly impacts on traffic flow       No impacts will be as a result of the proposed Minor
 and the transport network, such as
                                             Change application. There is no change to the traffic
 increasing traffic to the site
                                             generation as a result of the proposal.
 Introduces new impacts or increases         No new impacts are proposed.
 the severity of known impacts

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