Will amended plans be notified to neighbours again?
Possibly. If a Development Application is amended during assessment, ACT Planning will determine whether the changed application needs further public notification.
If further notification is required, the amended application is notified again using the applicable notification methods, and people who made a representation on the original DA must be notified in writing. The public can then make further representations on the changes.
Further public notification may be waived where ACT Planning is satisfied that the changes result in no or only a minimal increase in the adverse or environmental impacts of the development.
Reference: ACT Planning, After you Apply, Further entity referrals and further public notification – https://www.planning.act.gov.au/applications-and-assessments/development-applications/after-you-apply
Short Answer
Possibly. Amended plans may be publicly notified again if the changes warrant further notification. If further notification occurs, people who made representations on the original DA are notified in writing. ACT Planning may waive further notification where the changes have no or only minimal additional impacts.
Detailed Explanation
Yes, unless further public notification is lawfully waived. Under s 178 of the Planning Act 2023, where a publicly notified DA is subsequently changed through further information or an amendment, the Territory Planning Authority must publicly notify the changed application and give written notice to each person who made a representation during the initial notification, subject to the applicable provisions allowing further notification to be waived.
ACT Planning may waive full further public notification where satisfied there will be no or only a minimal increase in the adverse impact or environmental impact of the development, having regard to matters including previous representations and the cumulative impacts of the changes
No minimum block size does not remove the need for planning assessment.
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