Minor Change application (002) · 51983.3225.12

Figure 4 – View from northern deck

The new extension along the rear of the building has been designed to further address privacy by
locating service areas such as kitchen, bathrooms and stairs along this façade. The project
architects indicates that the larger windows of the stairwell are to be opaque.

The building has been designed to be sympathetic to the existing small building form on site and is
reflective of recent renovations carried out to Unit 15 on the site.

Two trees are proposed to be removed including a Cocos Palm and Fig. An arborists report is
included in Attachment B and notes that the Cocos Palm is an undesirable species

Attachment C includes a stormwater management plan for the proposed works

3. COMPLIANCE WITH STATE PLANNING POLICIES
The proposal is compliant with State Planning Policies.



4. ASSESSMENT
The applicant seeks to make a minor change to the existing development approval under Section 78
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’.

An assessment of the proposed changes against the provisions of the Planning Act 2019 relating to
what defines a minor change is detailed below. The Planning Act 2016 states that a minor change:

       b) for a development approval, is a change to the approval that —

         (i) would not result in a substantially different development; and
         (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
               (B) referral to a referral agency, other than to the chief executive, if there were no
               referral agencies for the development application; or
               (C) referral to extra referral agencies, other than to the chief executive; or
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