Apply for a secondary consent

Before you start

The secondary consent pathway is available for some minor planning amendments. It often provides a simpler way to make changes to a permit or endorsed plans.  

You can use a secondary consent amendment:   

  • after the issuing of a permit   

  • if the permit contains the condition, “The development as shown on the approved plans must not be altered without the written consent of the Responsible Authority.”   

  • if we’ve endorsed the plans under the permit   

  • if the permit hasn’t expired   

  • if the proposed changes are minor and meet the relevant secondary consent requirements. 

Secondary consent applications do not require public notification and as such, third-party appeal rights do not exist.  

Please note: You will need a section 72 amendment if you don’t meet the following eligibility and requirements. 

 

Application Fee Fee Cost 
 Secondary Consent to plans (Category 1)  $369.50
 Secondary Consent to plans (Category 2)  $575.26

 

Information you will be required to provide includes:  

  • Revised plans

  • Owner’s Consent (If you are not the property owner) 

Watch our step by step video or view our written instructions to help you through the application process.

 

  To qualify for secondary consent your amendment must follow the requirements: 

  • It doesn’t result in the transformation of the proposal.   

  • It doesn’t introduce something that requires additional approval or assessment under the planning scheme.   

  • It’s of no consequence to the purpose of the assessment of planning controls after the granting of the original planning permit.   

  • It’s not contrary to the wording, conditions or both on the planning permit.   

 

Some of the following common changes we’ll consider under secondary consent includes the following:   

  • Internal floor plan reconfigurations that don’t impact the exterior appearance or windows of the building.   

  • Amendments to landscaping that don’t impact any permit conditions.   

  • Adding a small verandah or pergola.   

  • Adding a low-scale fence, depending on the planning controls.   

  • Changes to the colours or materials on external walls, features or both, to a building.  

  • there is no consequence to the purpose of the planning control under which the permit was granted.  

  • the changes are not different to a specific requirement as outlined from an authorisation within the permit, which itself cannot be altered by consent.  

 

An application for a secondary consent is normally submitted after the condition 1 plans have been endorsed and minor changes are required.   

Check the conditions and details of your existing permit to understand the scope of permissible changes.  

 

 

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Your application will be reviewed within three business days to make sure it contains all the information required. If it doesn't, we will send you an email advising what must be included with your application.

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