Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) In assessing the application, the administering authority—
(a) must comply with any relevant regulatory requirement; and
(b) subject to paragraph (a), must consider the following—
(i) the standard criteria;
(ii) any additional information given in relation to the application.
(2) This section does not limit the Planning Act, section 282 or chapter 6, part 5, division 2 of that Act.
(3) If the application is an application for an increase in the scale or intensity of a chapter 4 activity, the administering authority must assess the application having regard to—
(a) the proposed activity; and
(b) the existing activity; and
(c) the total likely or potential environmental harm the proposed activity and the existing activity, may cause.
Example of how application is assessed—
If a chapter 4 activity is carried out on premises and a development application is made because of a proposed intensification of the activity, the application is assessed on the basis of the activity, including the intensification.