App D - Minor Change and Substantially Different Development Tests

Minor Change Application



Part 4 of Schedule 1 of the Development Assessment Rules (the ‘DA Rules’) specifies what may
constitute ‘substantially different development’ within the context of the meaning of a minor change to
a development approval. An assessment of the proposed changes against the various aspects of the
‘substantially different development’ definition is provided in the table below.

Table 6.2: Part 4 of Schedule 1 of the DA Rules – Substantially Different Development Test
 No. #    Criteria                             Review
 (a)      Involves a new use.                  No new uses are proposed.
                                               As such, the amended development complies with this criterion.
 (b)      Results in the application           The extent of the site has not changed.
          applying to a new parcel of          As such, the amended development complies with this criterion.
          land.
 (c)      Dramatically changes the built       The proposal does not dramatically change the built form in terms
          form in terms of scale, bulk         of scale, bulk, or appearance.
          and appearance.                      As such, the amended development complies with this criterion.
 (d)      Changes the ability of the           There are no changes proposed that would affect the ability of the
          proposed development to              development to operate as intended.
          operate as intended.                 As such, the amended development complies with this criterion.
 (e)      Removes a component that is          There is no component being removed that is integral to the
          integral to the operation of the     operation of the development.
          development.                         As such, the amended development complies with this criterion.
 (f)      Significantly impacts on traffic     No significant additional impacts upon the broader traffic network
          flow     and     the transport       will occur due to the proposed changes.
          network, such as increasing          As such, the amended development complies with this criterion.
          traffic to the site.
 (g)      Introduces new impacts or            No new impacts are proposed and no increase in the severity of
          increase the severity of known       known impacts are anticipated.
          impacts.                             As such, the amended development complies with this criterion.
 (h)      Removes an incentive or              No incentives or offsets exist or shall be varied as part of the
          offset component that would          proposed works.
          have balanced a negative             As such, the amended development complies with this criterion.
          impact of the development.
 (i)      Impacts on         infrastructure    The proposed changes do not impact the infrastructure.
          provisions.                          As such, the amended development complies with this criterion.




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