Minor Change - Planning Report · 51997.2256.02

3.   Minor Change Planning Assessment

3.1 Planning Act 2016

In accordance with Schedule 2 of the Planning Act 2016 a ‘minor change’ means change that -

         (b) for a development approval—

         (i) would not result in 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

                 (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

                 (E) public notification if public notification was not required for the development
                 application.

In respect of whether the change results in a ‘substantially different’ development, assessment
against Schedule 1: Substantially Different Development Guideline contained within the
Development Assessment Rules, is provided in Table 1 below:

Table 1 - Substantially Different Development

       ‘Substantially different’
                                                                        Comment
            development
 Involves a new use                         The storage/reception/administration area is small
                                            scale being only 21m² and is used for the management of
                                            the visitor accommodation.
                                            The storage/reception area/administration is not used
                                            for any other purpose and is not a separate use as such,
                                            but ancillary to the existing resort accommodation and
                                            is only used for the management of the Bella Casa
                                            complex. A small area such as this is expected and is
                                            typical for a resort such as this.
                                            Importantly this area has been approved as a
                                            storage/reception area as indicated on the approved
                                            plans enclosed in Appendix C.



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