Minor Change Report 132004.240137.1 (As Published)

               2.     BACKGROUND
               The Sofitel Noosa Pacific Resort (previously known as the Sheraton Noosa Resort) is not the
               subject of an existing town planning approval, as it was developed by Suncorp, as an agency of
               the State Government. Consequently, the development built did not comply with the Planning
               Scheme in force at the time of construction and does not meet the current Planning Scheme
               provisions for Hastings Street. Those circumstances have changed, and the hotel is now subject
               to the Planning Scheme and relevant provisions affecting the Residential High Density Zone that
               apply to the site.
               Since the development of the resort a range of approvals have been given for modifications to the
               building, with the approvals relevant to this application including:
               02382 – Conversion of the Chart House Restaurant to a day spa and changes relating to the first
               floor level involving the reception area, shops and lounge bar, which was approved 16 March 2000.
               02382 – Further amendments to the Day Spa and coffee lounge, which were approved August
               2000.
               23693 – This approval (29 April 2004) included some of the changes approved on 16 March 2000,
               which had not been completed and includes some remodelling of the upper level games room,
               meeting rooms, and Cato’s kitchen facilities, relocation of a furniture store area and increase in
               retail shop area of 22.5m2.
               132004.240137 - Application converting existing unused office areas on the third level into 6 x one
               bedroom accommodation units which were not self-contained (ie. no kitchens) and changes to
               basement car parking arrangements to provide additional car parking spaces for the new units.
               ASSESSMENT
               2.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
               Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
               statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
               •    State Planning Policy;
               •    South East Queensland Regional Plan;
               •    Planning Regulation 2017; and
               •    Noosa Plan 2020 (25 September 2020).
               2.2. 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.
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