1. Minor Change Letter (Rec 27.7.26)

3. Minor Change
The proposed change to the development approval is consistent with the definition of a ‘minor
change’ under the Planning Act 2016 as outlined below.

Table 2: Minor change criteria

 In accordance with Schedule 2 of the Planning            Response
 Act 2016, a minor change means, where for a
 development approval, a change that:
 (i) would not result in substantially different          The proposed change does not result in
 development; and                                         substantially different development. A detailed
                                                          assessment is provided in Table 2.
 (ii) if a development application for the                The proposed change does not result in elements
 development, including the change, were made             of prohibited development being introduced to
 when the change application is made would not            the application.
 cause—
       (A) the inclusion of prohibited development in
       the application; or

     (B) referral to a referral agency, other than to     The change does not involve referral to extra
     the chief executive, if there were no referral       referral agencies, other than to the Chief
     agencies for the development application; or         Executive.

     (C) referral to extra referral agencies, other       Referral would not be triggered by this change
     than to the chief executive; or                      application other than to the chief executive.

     (D) a referral agency, in assessing the              The changes would not result in a referral agency
     application under section 55, to assess the          assessing the application against or having
     application against, or have regard to, a            regard to new matters.
     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   The application was originally impact assessable
     not required for the development application.        and undertook the necessary public notification.


Table 3: Substantially different development criteria

 In accordance with Schedule 1 of the                     Response:
 Development Assessment rules, a change may
 be considered to result in substantially different
 development if any of the following apply to the
 change:
 (a) involves a new use; or                               The proposed change does not introduce a new
                                                          use.
 (b) results in the application applying to a new         The proposed change does not introduce a new
 parcel of land; or                                       parcel of land.
 (c) dramatically changes the built form in terms of      The proposed development largely maintains the
 scale, bulk and appearance; or                           original layout and does not dramatically change
                                                          the bulk or form of the building. The changes
                                                          made to GFA, carparking and landscaping
                                                          provision are in response to Councils feedback on
                                                          the proposal and align with the Planning Scheme
                                                          intent for the area.