2017-04-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   11 APRIL 2017




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   11 APRIL 2017

                                                                                      Foresight
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                 Foresight Partners have been commissioned by Adamson Town Planning on behalf of the
                 Applicants to prepare the economic assessment to address the issues raised by Noosa
                 Council.
                 In order to address these issues, a number of tasks were undertaken, including:
                    e   reconnaissance of the Beach Road Holiday Homes and surrounding areas in
                        September 2016;

                    e   desktop inventory of visitor accommodation available in close proximity to Beach
                        Road Holiday Homes, as well as the broader Noosa area;

                    e   analysis of (limited) letting records provided for the purposes of ascertaining
                        occupancy rates per annum of a typical holiday home within the estate rental pool:

                    e   Collection of data on occupancy rates and visitor numbers to Noosa Shire from
                        various sources including Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Tourism Research
                        Australia (TRA) and other commissioned reports;

                    e   identification of the likely impacts and implications of making 19 of the 48 houses
                        available for permanent occupancy upon the current and future stock of tourism
                        accommodation within Noosa North Shore and the Noosa Shire more broadly; and

                    e   assessment of community benefits (and disbenefits) of allowing the option of
                        permanent occupancy among some of the Beach Road Holiday Homes.
                 The above investigations form the basis of this economic assessment.
                 Section 2 of this report provides an overview of tourism accommodation in the northern
                 Noosa area, which includes an inventory of current tourism accommodation within the area,
                 with the Noosa North Shore locality discussed in more detail. Visitor numbers, expenditure,
                 and accommodation used by visitors for the Sunshine Coast and Noosa areas drawn from
                 published Domestic and International Visitor Survey data are examined.
                 Section 3 outlines the likely impacts for existing and future tourism accommodation stocks
                 if 19 of the 48 Beach Road Holiday Homes were allowed the option of permanent
                 residency, and discusses its potential benefits and disbenfits with respect to Noosa North
                 Shore’s visitor accommodation.

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                 Noosa North Shore Needs Assessment
                 16017 Rev 0 Draft
                 11 November 2016

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