Planning Assessment - Minor Change Application - DA 132007.12.6

PLANNING ASSESSMENT
Proposed change application – DA 132007.12.6
Noosaville Medical and Professional Centre




 TABLE 3: SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT
 Guideline Criteria                            Comment
                                                   ▪    Ability for pedestrian access arrangements to
                                                        operate as intended.

                                               These matters are assessed under PART 7 below,
                                               confirming that proposal does not change the ability of the
                                               development to operate as intended.
 Removes a component that is                   As above, the same two (2) operational matters have been
 integral to the operation of the              assessed and determined that the removal of 17 car parking
 development                                   spaces and the infill of a pedestrian thoroughfare are not
                                               integral components of the operation.
 Significantly impacts on traffic flow         The proposal does not significantly impact on traffic flow or
 and the transport network, such as            the transport network – refer to Section 7.2 below.
 increasing traffic to the site.
 Introduces new impacts or increased           The proposal does not introduce new impacts or increase
 the severity of known impacts                 the severity of known impacts, as concluded in PART 7
                                               below.
 Removes an incentive or offset                The proposal does not seek to remove an incentive or offset
 component that would have                     component.
 balanced impact of the development
 Impacts on infrastructure provision           The subject site is suitably serviced to cater for the
                                               proposed additional 133m2 of use area, equivalent to an
                                               increase of only 2.2% of total use area.

                                               The proposal does not impact on the infrastructure
                                               provision.


In light of the above assessment, the proposed minor change application complies with the
‘substantially different’ development test contained in Schedule 1(4) of the Development Assessment
Rules.

7.    ASSESSMENT OF CHANGES

7.1       Scale, Bulk and Appearance

The proposal involves an additional built form of 133m2 in use area and 5.888m building height, as an
extension of Building A to its east. This involves a purpose-built Class 9a structure, that will operate as
a radiation oncology bunker.

Given the specialist nature of a radiation oncology bunker, which is essentially a 700mm concrete box,
emphasis has been placed on the introduction of articulation through the roof plane and materiality
of the resulting built form to inform consistent scale, bulk and appearance.

The treatment of the proposed structure has been aligned with the materiality of existing buildings,
with the use of grey matrix cladding, vertical Colourbond cladding, to match the existing. Whilst the
operation of the proposed structure does not allow for functioning windows, the design has introduced
false windows to promote further articulation.

The proposal is considered to align with the existing scale, bulk and appearance as described below:

      ▪    It results in an increase in total use area of only 2.2%.



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