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If a Council (or the State) says that changes proposed are not immaterial, and says a request to change is required, and can give a reasonable explanation as to why that is the case, there is a strong chance a Court (in a dispute) would agree with them.Ĭonversely, consider this. They are changes that ought to have been the subject of a proper request to change the development approval. If it takes more than 10-seconds to figure out if the change is GIA or not, it is probably not GIA.Īlso, if it helps, most changes I see recorded in a ‘GIA determination’ are not GIA.

If it helps, on difficult questions, I adopt a ’10-second rule’.

A Council traffic engineer is likely to want to re-assess it.

Reconfiguring a car parking layout is not GIA.

Changing from single to tandem car parking is not GIA.

A Council architect is likely to want to re-assess it.

Changing roof form for a multiple-unit dwelling, from a gable to a skillion, is not GIA.

A Council architect is likely to want to re-assess it It affects the visual appearance of the building.

For a multiple-unit dwelling, adding a balcony is not GIA.

It affects density, infrastructure charges etc

Some examples:For a multiple-unit dwelling, adding bedrooms is not GIA.

If the change you are contemplating requires assessment, it is not GIA. You will know there are scores of relevant matters requiring assessment, like setbacks, height, site cover, density, car parking, landscaping, and it goes on and on.

What are the “town planning consequences of the departure”?Īt this point, you need to go back to the planning scheme and other assessment criteria.I could get into an unhelpful details discussion about what the Courts say GIA means but the key issues that say that matter are…What is the “significance of the departure from the assessment criteria”.The second type are changes that are not in conflict with an express condition of the development approval but are, arguably, ‘GIA’ with the approved drawings and plans. If you are asserting that an amended plan is OK as being GIA, but which is in conflict with an express condition of the approval, you are barking up the wrong tree. Nothing can be done to escape this conclusion. If the developer wants to depart from specific conditions like these, a request to change the approval (or worse a new development application if the change is not a ‘permissible change’) is required. So too is providing boundary setbacks less than what is shown in the approved plans and drawings. An example is “Thou shall provide 15 car parking spaces.” Another is “The boundary setbacks of buildings shall be not less than what is shown in the approved plans and drawings.”įor this type, under the examples, providing less than, or more than, 15 car parking spaces is an offence against the planning legislation.

The first type are changes that are in conflict with an express condition in the development approval. I’ll lump the types of changes into two categories. It is often the case that the developer, either upon receiving the results of more detailed design (particularly from engineers), or of their own accord, has to, or wants to, change what is shown in the approved plans and drawings. “The development shall be carried out generally in accordance with the approved plans and drawings” Most development approvals attach a set of approved plans and drawings.Īnd those approved plans and drawings are usually called up in the text of a development approval in this context: What does it mean and why is it relevant?