Minor Change Request report · 51983.3225.18

Minor Change Test
An assessment against the meaning of minor change and a response about the proposed
application is provided 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 are no new uses proposed
                                                    onsite.

       (b) results in the application applying to   No new parcel of land is introduced.
           a new parcel of land; or
       (c) dramatically changes the built form      The built form and appearance are
           in terms of scale, bulk and              changing, but the scale is not
           appearance; or                           dramatically different. There is a small
                                                    net increase to site cover of less than
                                                    0.5% (overall) and 157m² of GFA, a
                                                    small increase overall considering the
                                                    site has a maximum GFA of 5,680m²
                                                    and this proposal increases the total
                                                    GFA on site to 3,530m².
                                                    While the bulk of the building is different
                                                    from the original dwellings, these
                                                    original dwellings are progressively
                                                    being demolished and replaced with
                                                    contemporary dwellings. This design is
                                                    commensurate with the new built form
                                                    onsite, one being directly adjoining the
                                                    subject GTP.

       (d) changes the ability of the proposed      There is no change to the operation of
           development to operate as intended;      the development to operate as a
           or                                       multiple dwelling.

       (e) removes a component that is integral     The proposal will be used as a multiple
           to the operation of the development;     dwelling as defined by the Planning
           or                                       Scheme in force at the time of the