Minor Change Report 51901.25.01 (As Published)

               •      Planning Regulation 2017; and
               •      Noosa Plan 2020 (25 September 2020).
               4.2. Statutory Process
               The applicant has requested to make a minor change to a development approval under s78 of the
               Planning Act 2016. An application for a minor change to a development approval can only be made
               in circumstances where a change would constitute a ‘minor change’.
               The proposed change to the development approval requested by the applicant is determined to
               constitute a minor change on the grounds that:
               •      the development would not result in substantially different development as the proposal does
                      not:
                      o     involve a new use; or
                      o     result in the application applying to a new parcel of land; or
                      o     dramatically change the built form in terms of scale, bulk and appearance; or
                      o     change the ability of the proposed development to operate as intended; or
                      o     remove a component that is integral to the operation of the development; or
                      o     significantly impact on traffic flow and the transport network, such as increasing traffic
                            to the site; or
                      o     introduce new impacts or increase the severity of known impacts; or
                      o     remove an incentive or offset component that would have balanced a negative impact
                            of the development; or
                      o     impact on infrastructure provisions.
               •      the change does not include prohibited development;
               •      the change would not require the application to be referred to an additional referral agency
                      or cause a referral agency to have regard to new matters prescribed by regulation;
               •      where the original application was code assessable, the change would not cause the
                      application to become impact assessable.
               4.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
               The original application was lodged and assessed under the now superseded 1985 Planning
               Scheme. Pursuant to s81 of the Planning Act 2017, Council must consider the planning scheme in
               effect when the original development application was lodged, however Council may give weight to
               Noosa Plan 2020 as the planning scheme in effect at the time of the minor change application
               being lodged.
               The following codes from Noosa Plan 2020 (v25 September 2020) are applicable to this
               development:
               •    Major Centre Zone Code;
               •    Noosa Heads Local Plan Code;
               •    Business Activities Code;
               •    Works Codes.
               Existing Conditions
               No changes to existing conditions are required, additional conditions will be imposed.
               Applicant’s Request – Change 1 – Internal Access Areas & Landscaping
               The applicant is also proposing to upgrade the internal areas providing access to the offices at
               Ground Level towards the north and Ground Level and Level 1 towards the south. The existing
               larger triangular planter towards the north has failed, including the waterproofing, which is allowing
               water to leak into the basement.
               Because there is a need to upgrade and repair these internal spaces, it is proposed to remove the
               triangular planter towards the north and provide additional seating (three timber bench seats) and
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