Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) In deciding the part of an application for a preliminary approval mentioned in section 3.1.6 that states the way in which the applicant seeks the approval to vary the effect of any applicable local planning instrument for the land, the assessment manager must--
(a) approve all or some of the variations sought; or
(b) subject to section 3.1.6(3) and (5)--approve different variations from those sought; or
(c) refuse the variations sought.
(2) However--
(a) to the extent development applied for under other parts of the application is refused, any variation relating to the development must also be refused; and
(b) the assessment manager's decision must not compromise the achievement of the desired environmental outcomes for the planning scheme area; and
(c) paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply if compromising the achievement of the desired environmental outcomes is necessary to further the outcomes of any of the following if they are not identified in the planning scheme as being appropriately reflected in the planning scheme--
(i) State planning policies, or parts of State planning policies;
(ii) for the planning scheme of a local government in the relevant area for a State planning regulatory provision--the provision;
(iii) for the planning scheme of a local government in a designated region--the region's regional plan.