Minor Change Cover Letter Assessment_060620 · MCU13/0081.01

Park Road Frontage Improvements




A detailed assessment of the changed proposal against the original and current assessment benchmarks
is provided below.

STATUTORY ASSESSMENT

Planning Act 2016 defines a minor change as:

A minor change, for a development approval, is a change to the approval that —

      i.        would not result in a substantially different development; and

           The DA Rules state:

           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.

            Description / Provisions                        Comment / Response
            A change may be considered to result in a substantially different development if the proposed
            change:

            •    Involves a new use; or                     No new land use is proposed.

            •    Results in the application applying to a   No new land is included as part of the
                 new parcel of land; or                     application.

            •    Dramatically changes the built form in     The proposed changes do not dramatically
                 terms of scale, bulk and appearance; or    change the built form in terms of scale, bulk
                                                            and appearance.

            •    Changes the ability of the proposed        No changes are made to the proposed
                 development to operate as intended (for    development to impede its operations.
                 example, reducing the size of a retail
                 complex may reduce the capacity of the
                 complex to service the intended
                 catchment); or




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