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

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                 2.3.1   Beach Road Holiday Homes
                 Beach Road Holiday Homes is comprised of 48 detached dwellings offering visitor
                 accommodation in two, three and four bedroom configurations, the latter of which may
                 accommodate up to ten guests. Based on available data for 36 of the dwellings, there is an
                 average of 3.4 bedrooms per dwelling?.
                 At present, 22 homes participate in a common rental pool and another six houses are
                 independently rented. The remaining 20 houses are not under a rental scheme and many
                 are used exclusively by the property owner (and their friends and relatives) or rented
                 infrequently. In addition to the accommodation, the estate also offers common guest
                 facilities such as large entertaining areas with BBQ facilities, tennis court and a leisure
                 centre including two swimming pools, hot tub, games room and a children’s playroom.
                 The upscale nature of the Beach Road Holiday Homes command higher room rates, with
                 published room rates (off-peak) ranging from $270 per night (two bedroom) to $500 per
                 night (four bedroom) with minimum stays of two to five nights required.  Rates can be
                 considerably higher during peak periods, and many rental homes are used by their owners
                 during holiday periods.
                 Guests staying in the 28 Beach Road Holiday Homes that are available as part of the letting
                 pool, or let by the owners directly, would fall within the “Other” accommodation category
                 reported by the International and Domestic Visitor Surveys for Noosa Shire.   However,
                 almost all of the 48 homes, including those not actively in the letting market, would also be
                 used as holiday accommodation by their owners and visiting friends and relatives of those
                 owners.

                 2.3.2 | Other Noosa North Shore
                 Noosa North Shore accommodation within close proximity of Beach Road Holiday Homes
                 is composed mainly of campground and cabin-style options, with a three star motel forming
                 part of a larger tourism complex directly opposite the subject site. Noosa North Shore
                 Retreat and the adjoining Tourist Park campground is the dominant provider of tourism
                 accommodation in the area comprising:
                       e   Self-contained cottages for 70+ guests;

                       e   Mixed style of lodges within a motel-style complex for 135+ guests;

                       e¢  Semi-permanent tenting with bunkbeds for 80+ guests;

                       e   Park cabins for 50+ guests; and

                       e   Park camping with a mixture of powered and unpowered sites.

                 2 Department of Natural Resources and Mines data, accessed via Pricefinder.

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

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