Minor Change Assessment · 51978.3677.01

        D. a referral agency to assess the          The change does not require a referral
           application against, or have regard      agency to assess the application
           to,    matters      prescribed    by     against, or have regard to, any new or
           regulation under section 55(2),          additional matters.
           other than matters the referral
           agency must have assessed the
           application against, or have had
           regard to, when the application
           was made; or
        E. public     notification   if   public    The proposed change does not create a
           notification was not required for        requirement for public notification under
           the development application.             the minor change process.


Based on the assessment set out above, the proposed change would not result in substantially
different development and satisfies the definition of a minor change under the Planning Act
2016.

6.0 PLANNING ASSESSMENT
Clause 81 of the Planning Act 2016 outlines what Council should consider when assessing
minor change applications. In this respect, Clauses 81(4) and 81(5) read as follows:

       81(4) The responsible entity must consider the statutory instrument, or other
       document, as in effect when the development application for the development
       approval was properly made.

       81(5) However, the responsible entity may give the weight the responsible entity
       considers is appropriate, in the circumstances, to—
          (a)    the statutory instrument or other document as in effect when the
                 change application was made; or
          (b)    if the statutory instrument or other document is amended or replaced
                 after the change application is made but before it is decided—the
                 amended or replacement instrument or document; or
          (c)    another statutory instrument—
                 (i)     that comes into effect after the change application is made but
                         before it is decided; and
                 (ii)    that the responsible entity would have been required to
                         consider if the instrument had been in effect when the
                         development application for the development approval was
                         properly made.

TPC 744 was granted on 15 June 1978 under the Noosa Shire Town Planning Scheme 1973.
In accordance with section 81(4) of the Planning Act 2016, that framework remains the primary
basis for assessing the proposed change. Council may also give the weight it considers
appropriate to the planning instruments in effect when this change application is decided.

In this case, the assessment must be confined to the consequences of replacing the approved
two-bedroom floor plan for Unit 3 with the submitted one-bedroom layout. Within this context,
it is important to note that the change does not alter the approved multiple dwelling use, the
number of units, the building envelope, site access, car parking, servicing arrangements or
common property. The reduction in bedroom yield also does not increase the scale or intensity