2022-11-14 GC Agenda - Item 4 - Attachment 1 - Short Term Accommodation Monitoring Report 2022

       a) Noosa Heads and Noosaville will remain the principal focus of visitor
       accommodation growth with some sites protected for the exclusive use of visitor
       accommodation.
       b) The scheme includes Visitor Mixed Use Zones at Hastings Street, Noosa Heads;
       Gympie Terrace, Noosaville; Duke Street at Sunshine Beach; and Heron Street at
       Peregian Beach. This zone allows for medium density residential development to be
       mixed with business functions that have a direct benefit to visitors. This is generally in
       the form of shops, restaurants or galleries on the ground floor with accommodation
       units above. These centres also contribute significantly to retail and hospitality
       employment. The streetscape and built form in these areas is of particular importance
       as they directly affect the character of Noosa Shire and therefore the tourism industry.
       c) A Visitor Mixed Use Zone also applies to the holiday accommodation centre in Beach
       Road, Noosa North Shore. This site will continue to provide a range of accommodation
       styles and commercial services to visitors to the Noosa North Shore area, though
       limited expansion is intended.
       d) Visitor attractions throughout Noosa Shire continue to be focused on natural assets
       such as the beaches, national parks, watercourses and foreshore parks. Other
       attractions such as the lakes, mountains, trail network and coloured sands assist in
       decentralising visitor activities away from the south-east corner of the Shire and
       offering visitors different experiences.
        e) The planning scheme allows for rural visitor accommodation in domestic, home
       hosted forms and in larger guesthouses or cabin parks, located close to natural
       attractions and the heritage-rich rural towns and villages. The scheme also encourages
       overnight camping facilities for the travelling public in the vicinity of rural villages and
       the Noosa Trail Network.


Section 2.6.3 Desired Environmental Outcomes


Residential Uses
      providing Noosa Shire’s population access to a broad range of safe, secure and
       affordable housing that specifically caters for the current and projected demographic,
       economic and social profile of the community;
      development being consistent with the character and amenity of the particular locality;
      being suitably separated from incompatible land uses;
      residential environments maintaining the values identified in the Community Vision;
      considering the impact new development has on resident perceptions of Noosa Shire’s
       natural resources, open space, clean environment, integration of the landform and
       landscape, character, natural environment and resident lifestyle;
      development upholding the quality lifestyle and amenity sought by residents of Noosa
       Shire with consideration given to density, noise, accessibility to community services
       and infrastructure, security, traffic and aesthetics;
      responding to the changing housing needs of the community, including changing
       demographics, changing composition of households, ageing and in-migration, whilst
       not impacting on the amenity of residential neighbourhoods or environmental values;
      urban and rural settlements not only satisfying the needs and aspirations of residents,
       but in many cases also meeting requirements of visitors; and



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