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Minor Change to 131999.982622.7 - 4-24 Gibson Road Noosaville · 131999.982622.8
SLR Consulting Australia
Level 16, 175 Eagle Street, Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia
12 October 2026
Attention: Development & Regulation
Noosa Council
PO Box 141
Tewantin QLD 4565
SLR Project No.: 640.032740.00001
RE: Minor Change to 131999.982622.7
4-24 Gibson Road, Noosaville QLD 4566
1.0 Introduction
SLR Consulting Australia Pty Ltd (SLR) on behalf of Ampol Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd
(Ampol) request a change to 131999.982622.7 granted over land located at 14-24 Gibson
Road, Noosaville QLD 4566, formally known as Lot 1 on SP115778 (the subject site).
The subject site contains Noosa Village Shopping Centre. The proposed change seeks to
introduce electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and associated works to the shopping
centre car park.
Pursuant to Section 78A(b) of the Planning Act 2016 (Planning Act), this Minor Change
application is made to the Noosa Council (Council) as the responsible entity. This application
is accompanied by the following documents and requirements of the Planning Act:
• Completed Form 5 (Change Application Form) (Attachment A)
• Architectural Plans (Attachment B)
• Owner’s Consent (Attachment C)
• Minor Change Approval (Attachment D)
For Council’s reference and consideration, the following provides a brief summary of the
proposed change and details the requested change to the approvals package. Town
Planning responses are provided in relation to the existing approval and applicable planning
provisions.
2.0 Site Description
2.1 Site Locality
The site is 15,800m2 in area and is located in the suburb of Noosaville within the Noosa
Local Government Area (LGA). The site benefits from frontages and entrances to Gibson
Road and Mary Street. Refer to Figure 1 below for a satellite image of the subject site.
The site is within the District Centre zone under the Noosa Plan 2020 and is located within
an existing commercial precinct with residential land uses in the vicinity of the site.
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2.2 Site Layout
Access to the subject site is granted via separate ingress and egress driveways on Gibson
Road and Mary Street. The site contains the Noosa Village Shopping Centre, including
associated car parking landscaping and signage.
Figure 1 – Site Locality Plan (Source: QGlobe)
3.0 Development Approval Background
A development Permit for Rezoning (R453) – Shopping Centre and Carpark and
Development Permit for Material Change of Use of Premises – Additions to Shopping Centre
approval was issued on 28 September 1995 (R453) & 11 November 1999 (DA 16286).
A number of minor change approvals have subsequently been granted, including changes
relating to new toilet facilities, additional landscaping and shade structures, additional
outdoor dining and floor area, and amendments to the car parking layout. The most recent
minor change approval was issued on 11 October 2022 (ref: 131999.982622.7) and
constitutes the current land use approval that is the subject of this application. A copy of the
relevant Decision Notice is provided at Attachment D.
Table 1 Relevant Development Approval History
Approval No. Decision Details Decision Date
R453 Development Permit for Rezoning – Shopping Centre and 28/09/95
Carpark
DA 16286 Development Permit for Material Change of Use of 11/11/99
Premises – Additions to Shopping Centre
131999.982622.7 Decision Notice – Minor Change 11/10/22
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4.0 Proposed Minor Change
The proposed works include the following:
• Installation of 3 x EV chargers
• Marking of 6 x EV charging bays
• Installation of 1 x electrical distribution board (DB)
• Installation of new lighting with CCTV.
A copy of the Architectural Plans illustrating the proposed changes is provided at
Attachment B.
The proposed change seeks to change Condition 14 of the approval. Which has been
repeated below for ease of reference.
14. At least 277 off-street car parking spaces (including 31 spaces on the adjoining
hotel site Lot 2 on RP842280 and 5 Direct to Boot car parking spaces for the
supermarket use) shall be provided with at least 6 of the spaces suitable for use by
persons with disabilities within close proximity to the main access to the retail areas
and signed appropriately. Some of these spaces must be converted to provide for 8
motorcycle/scooter spaces. Access thereto shall be via a bitumen sealed or concrete
pavement.
The car parking spaces and associated manoeuvring areas shall be in accordance
with Australian Standard AS2890.1-1993 with respect to dimension and gradient for
User Class 3 and User Class 4 for the disabled spaces.
It is requested that the condition be amended to include the six (6) EV charging bays as part
of the off-street carparking spaces.
5.0 Statutory Assessment
5.1 Noosa Plan 2020
5.1.1 Zone Code
The site is located within the District Centre (DC) Zone under the Noosa Plan 2020 (Noosa
Plan). The purpose of the DC zone code is to:
The purpose of the District centre zone is to provide for a large variety of
uses and activities to serve a district of the Noosa Shire, including, for
example, administrative, business, community, cultural, entertainment,
professional, residential or retail uses or activities.
Retail facilities are identified within the DC zone activity group. The change application
involves changes to the car park of the existing shopping centre use and will facilitate
continued operations of a DC Activity on the site. The current development approval
contains conditions to manage environmental matters such as noise, as well as air, water
and waste and there are no proposed changes to these conditions and therefore will remain
applicable.
With respect to traffic, the proposed change is not expected to adversely impact traffic flows
or the surrounding transport network. Given that the shopping centre is an existing use and
the car park is already functional, the introduction of EV charging is not expected to
significantly impact on traffic in the precinct.
On this basis, it is considered that the change meets the purpose and overall outcomes of
the zone code by continuing to provide a use that complements the DC zone.
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5.1.2 Overlays
The subject site is affected by the following overlays:
• Acid Sulfate Soils
• Flood Overlay
Given that the proposed change involves alterations to the car park of the existing lawful use
for a shopping centre, the overlays are not relevant to the change proposed.
5.2 Planning Act 2016
The Planning Act 2016 (Planning Act) is the principal legislation for Queensland’s planning
system and establishes a framework of planning instruments and processes, including the
process for changing development approvals.
This change application is sought for a ‘minor change’ pursuant to Section 78 ‘Making
change application’ of the Planning Act. A ‘minor change’ is defined under Schedule 2 of the
Planning Act and in support of this request, an assessment has been undertaken in relation
to each element in Table 1 as follows:
Table 2 Minor Change Assessment Criteria
Minor Change Response
Minor change means a change that –
(b) for a development approval –
(i) would not result in substantially Complies
different development; and As noted in Section 6.1 below, the minor
change to the development approval does not
result in substantially different development.
(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 Complies
development in the The proposed changes do not introduce any
application; or prohibited development.
(B) referral to a referral agency, Complies
other than to the chief No referral agencies were triggered as part of
executive, if there were no the original development application and the
referral agencies for the proposed change will not trigger any referral
development application; or agencies.
(C) referral to extra referral
agencies, other than to the
chief executive; or
(D) a referral agency, in
assessing the application
under section 55(2), to
assess the application
against, or have regard to, a
matter, other than a matter
the referral agency must
have assessed the
application against, or had
regard to, when the
application was made; or
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Minor Change Response
(E) public notification if public Complies
notification was not required No public notification is required. The most
for the development recent minor change approval
application. (131999.982622.7) did not require public
notification.
5.3 Substantially Different Development
Schedule 1 of the Development Assessment Rules (v3.0) (DA Rules) provides guidance for
proponents and regulators to determine what constitutes “substantially different
development” against part (b)(i) of the minor change definition in Schedule 2 of the Planning
Act. An assessment of the proposed change against the aspects of ‘substantially different
development’ is provided in Table 2 below.
Table 3 Assessment against “Substantially different development” definition
Substantially Different Development Criteria Assessment of proposed change
A change may be considered to result in substantially different development if any of the following
apply to the proposed change:
(a) Involves a new use; or Complies
The proposed change does not involve a new
use.
(b) Results in the application applying to a Complies
new parcel of land; or The proposed change does not apply to a new
parcel of land.
(c) Dramatically changes the built form in Complies
terms of scale, bulk, and appearance; or The proposed change involves alterations to the
car park, there will be no changes to any built
form within the project area.
(d) Changes the ability of the proposed Complies
development to operate as intended; or The proposed change involves alterations to the
car park and will not alter the ability of the
existing lawful use to operate as intended.
(e) Removes a component that is integral Complies
to the operation of the development; or The proposed change involves alterations to the
car park and does not remove any components
of the development that are integral to its
operation.
(f) Significantly impacts on traffic flow and Complies
the transport network, such as The proposed change involves alterations the
increasing traffic to the site; or car park and is located wholly within the subject
site. The proposal will not affect surrounding
road networks.
(g) Introduces new impacts or increases Complies
the severity of known impacts; or The proposed change does not introduce new
impacts, nor increases the severity of known
impacts.
(h) For a development prescribed by the Complies
Planning Regulations as requiring social
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Substantially Different Development Criteria Assessment of proposed change
impact assessment as identified under Social impact assessment was not required as
section 106T of the Act – part of the original application.
• Introduces new social impacts
or increase the severity of
known social impacts; or
(i) Removes an incentive or offset Complies
component that would have balanced a There are no offset requirements associated
negative impact on the development; or with the existing approval or proposed change.
(j) Impacts on infrastructure provisions Complies
There are no infrastructure provisions
associated with the existing approval or
proposed change.
With regard to the above assessment, the proposed change is determined to be consistent
with the definition and nature of a Minor Change application, as the change does not result
in a substantially different development, increase the scale or intensity of impacts, or
introduce new or additional environmental or planning impacts beyond those previously
assessed.
6.0 Conclusion
SLR on behalf of Ampol seek a change to the existing approval to allow alterations to the
existing car park to facilitate EV charging infrastructure. In summary, it is concluded that the
above changes are minor in nature, resulting in development which remains consistent with
the existing approval (131999.982622.7).
This change application has demonstrated that the proposal:
• Will not result in a substantially different development.
• Meets the requirements of a “minor change’ under the Planning Act 2016.
We trust that the above representations are sufficient for Council’s consideration of the
requested change to the development approval. SLR and Ampol look forward to Council
deciding the application and accepting the requested change.
Should you have any queries please contact the undersigned.
Regards,
SLR Consulting Australia
Ben North
Project Consultant – Planning
[email protected]
Attachment A DA Form 5
Attachment B Architectural Plans
Attachment C Owner’s Consent
Attachment D Minor Change Approval
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