NOOSA PLAN 2020 PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2 - POST PUBLIC NOTIFICATION FOR FINAL STATE GOVERNMENT MINISTERIAL APPROVAL · Report

SPECIAL MEETING                                                                 5 DECEMBER 2024


Pop up displays
Pre-advertised talk-to-a-planner pop up displays of the proposed amendments were conducted
through June 2024 as follows:
   •   Sunday, June 9. Noosa Farmers Market, Noosaville, 6:00am-12 noon. Four Planners spoke
       with approximately 120 people.
   •   Thursday, June 13, Gympie Terrace, Noosaville, (near Boathouse) 8:30am–12 noon. Four
       Planners spoke with at least 60 people.
   •   Friday, June 14, Peregian Square, Peregian Beach, 2:00pm-5:00pm. Two planners spoke
       with approximately 25 people.
   •   Tuesday June 18, Arcadia Street, Noosa Heads, 11:00am-12:30pm. Three planners spoke
       with approximately 15 people.
   •   Wednesday, June 19, Arcadia Street, Noosa Heads, 11:00am-2:00pm. Three planners
       spoke with approximately 40 people.
   •   Thursday, June 20, Memorial School of Arts Hall, Pomona, 2:00pm-5:00pm (immediately
       preceding Council meeting). Two planners spoke to approximately 20 people.
   •   Friday June 21, Maple Street, Cooroy 9:00am-12 noon. Two planners spoke to approximately
       50 people.


Enquiries (phone / walk-ins / emails)
In addition to the above "pop-ups" staff responded to approximately 80 public enquiries via phone,
email or walk-in customers. Some of these conversations have lead to submissions, others had their
questions answered and did not feel the need to make a submissio

Your Say Noosa engagement
The proposed amendments were outlined and accessible on the Your Say Noosa webpage where
engagement projects are consistently displayed. Close to 3,850 participants interacted with this page
during the consultation period. Over 1,800 participants downloaded a document. Over 1,500 visited
multiple pages within the project and at least 180 made a submission via the Your Say Noosa
platform.

Submissions

475 written submissions on the proposed amendments were received through a combination of Your
Say Noosa electronic submission, email or hard copy submissions. This included an online
submission with 600 unique signatories. Note that whilst there were 475 unique submission, many
submissions raised multiple issues.

Summary of key issues

The following sections outline the key issue and changes proposed to the amendments in response
to submissions. Attachment 1 provides a comprehensive summary of all submissions against key
topic areas with responses and recommended changes to the proposed amendments where
relevant. Attachment 2 outlines a summary of the recommended changes to the proposed
amendments. Note that a range of consequential changes are required throughout the planning
scheme to enact the recommended changes.

To avoid confusion, reference to "advertised amendment" in the following sections refers to the form
the proposed amendments were publicly notified.