sch.6-sec.2AMaterial change of use for rooming accommodation—development approval given before 3 December 2025

sch.6-sec.2A Material change of use for rooming accommodation—development approval given before 3 December 2025

A material change of use of premises for rooming accommodation, if— the accommodation is provided in a class 1 building; and the material change of use involves the carrying out of building work other than minor building work; and the building work— is carried out under a development permit given before 3 December 2025; or is consistent with a development approval in effect for the premises and given before 3 December 2025; and the use starts within 2 years after the day the building work is completed; and the premises are included in a general residential zone, low density residential zone or low-medium density residential zone under a local categorising instrument; and the material change of use does not result in a new vehicular access to a State-controlled road; and the premises— have no more than 5 bedrooms, including any bedroom used as part of a manager’s residence; and are occupied by no more than 5 persons; and either— no relevant overlay applies to the premises; or 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; and the material change of use does not involve a basement or an underground parking area; and the premises are not on a local heritage register under the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 ; and the material change of use provides landscaping between a building that is on the premises and the front boundary of the premises, excluding any driveway or pedestrian access. 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. In this section— landscaping means any combination of trees, grass, plants, garden beds and paving. sch 6 s 2A ins 2025 SL No. 149 s 15 (sch.6-sec.2A-ssec.1) A material change of use of premises for rooming accommodation, if— the accommodation is provided in a class 1 building; and the material change of use involves the carrying out of building work other than minor building work; and the building work— is carried out under a development permit given before 3 December 2025; or is consistent with a development approval in effect for the premises and given before 3 December 2025; and the use starts within 2 years after the day the building work is completed; and the premises are included in a general residential zone, low density residential zone or low-medium density residential zone under a local categorising instrument; and the material change of use does not result in a new vehicular access to a State-controlled road; and the premises— have no more than 5 bedrooms, including any bedroom used as part of a manager’s residence; and are occupied by no more than 5 persons; and either— no relevant overlay applies to the premises; or 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; and the material change of use does not involve a basement or an underground parking area; and the premises are not on a local heritage register under the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 ; and the material change of use provides landscaping between a building that is on the premises and the front boundary of the premises, excluding any driveway or pedestrian access. (sch.6-sec.2A-ssec.2) 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. (sch.6-sec.2A-ssec.3) In this section— landscaping means any combination of trees, grass, plants, garden beds and paving.