Minor Change Report 132007.2399.03 (AS PUBLISHED)

               A minor change was approved 19 October 2023, changing the approved driveway location for lot
               17 to orientate it to the north rather than the approved location to the west.
               3.     ASSESSMENT
               3.1. 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
               •    The Noosa Plan 2020.
               3.2. 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;
               •    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.
               3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
               The following codes from the Noosa Plan 2020 are applicable to this development:
               •    Low Density Residential Zone Code;
               •    Low Density Housing Code;

               Assessment
               The proposed dwelling design changes submitted for this minor change application will result in a
               different building design to the approved plans. Despite this, the overall form and scale of the
               dwelling is very similar to the approved plans.
               Assessment against the Noosa Plan 2020 (Amendment 2) and the Original Noosa Plan 2006
               indicates the proposed dwelling house is compliant apart from building height and front setback.

               Building Height
               Acceptable Outcome 7.1 of the Low Density Residential Zone Code prescribes a maximum
               building height of 8.0 metres
               Part of the roof area of the development, above the gutter exceeds 8.0 metres (Refer Figure 10).
               However, the top roof area dwelling is set back from the street at least 10 metres and the roof
               areas above 8 metres in height are not expected to be readily visible or result in significant impact
               on views.
               The overall perception of height and bulk is moderated due to the roof pitch, which ensures the
               roof area is visually recessive and does not dominate the streetscape or surrounding sites. The
               proposal still presents as a two storey, low‑rise residential form comparable to surrounding dwelling
               houses, thereby achieving the intent of PO7 despite the minor height exceedance in metres.



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