Minor Change Request report 35 oasis noosa springs · 132007.2399.03

   3. Minor Change Test


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


          i. 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 Rules                         Response

     a.    Involves a new use                                     There is no new use proposed onsite

     b.    results in the application applying to a new parcel of No new parcel of land is introduced
           land; or

     c.    dramatically changes the built form in terms of scale, Minor built form changes and floor layout.
           bulk and appearance; or

     d.    changes the ability of the proposed development to No change to the use approved.
           operate as intended; or

     e.    removes a component that is integral to the operation No essential component of the development is proposed
           of the development; or                                to be removed.

     f.    significantly impacts on traffic flow and the transport The proposal does not trigger any additional traffic or
           network, such as increasing traffic to the site; or     intensity of movements to that originally approved.

     g.    introduces new impacts or increase the severity of No new impacts or the severity of impacts is likely to result
           known impacts; or                                  from the plan modifications.

     h.    removes an incentive or offset component that would Does not remove an offset or incentive components of the
           have balanced a negative impact of the development; development.
           or

     i.    impacts on infrastructure provisions.                  There are no additional impacts on infrastructure.




          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

          Response: The change does not include any prohibited development.

                  B. referral to a referral agency, other than to the chief executive, if there were no
                     referral agencies for the development application; or

          Response: The application was assessed by Noosa Council with no referral agencies
          applicable.

                  C. referral to extra referral agencies, other than to the chief executive; or