Planning Regulation 2017

A material change of use of premises for a class 1 or 2 building, if the use is providing support services and temporary accommodation for persons escaping domestic violence.

A material change of use of premises for a dwelling house, if—

the material change of use is for a residential purpose in a residential zone other than a medium density residential zone or high density residential zone; and

the material change of use does not involve a basement or an underground parking area; and

1 of the following applies—

no relevant overlay applies to the premises;

only an overlay about bush fire hazards applies to the premises and the premises are less than 2,000m2;

a relevant overlay applies to the premises and the application of the overlay does not result in the material change of use being categorised as assessable development.

A material change of use of premises for a dual occupancy, if—

the use is for a residential purpose in a residential zone; and

either—

the material change of use involves repairing, renovating, altering or adding to the dual occupancy in a way that does not change the classification for the dual occupancy under the Building Code; or

if the dual occupancy is made up of 2 attached dwellings—the local government for the local government area where the premises are has, by resolution, decided to apply this subsection to the premises.

In this section—

a reference to a zone using a particular name is taken to be a reference to the zone of that name stated in schedule 2; and

a reference to an overlay is a reference to the overlay as identified in the local categorising instrument and relevant to assessment of the material change of use.