The Court approved two modification applications (Mod 4 and Mod 5) to a seniors housing development consent following a conciliation conference under s 34 of the LEC Act, adopting the parties' agreed position. The Court was satisfied that both modifications were of no or minimal environmental impact under s 4.55(1A)(a) and that the development as modified remained substantially the same as originally approved under s 4.55(1A)(b), noting that changes were primarily to internal layouts, housing mix, affordable housing redistribution, and ancillary servicing with no changes to the approved building envelope. The deletion of disability living units in Mod 5 was offset by increased affordable housing units equivalent in GFA, with the relevant condition deleted as Project Independence lacked funding to operate the disability housing.
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