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

Visitor dwellings (short-term accommodation)
As noted earlier, by the HNA 2017 estimates on dwellings used for visitors / tourists was
difficult to determine for that study at the time. For more accurate figures see section 2.6
Tourism Carrying Capacity Analysis.
Under the continued 2.5% annual high growth scenario, the HNA2017 identified demand for
an additional 5014 visitor dwellings by 2036 with the demand for these dwellings decreasing
to 1596 if the occupancy rate of existing dwellings increased from 50% to 70%. The HNA2017
did not suggest where or how the provision of these extra dwellings would be met, given the
limited land supply. The HNA2017 stated:
       It has also been assumed that there is some excess capacity in existing visitor
       dwellings establishments given the occupancy rates of tourist accommodation in
       Noosa Shire… it has been assumed that the occupancy rate for visitor dwellings for
       the full year may be 50%. A similar occupancy increase to that used for tourist
       accommodation (20% points) has been used to give an indication of the impact that an
       increase in occupancy rates can have on the overall need for additional visitor dwelling
       supply.


2.5.1.3 Meeting visitor and tourist accommodation needs
To provide for the demand for tourist accommodation under the 2.5% growth scenario, the
HNA2017 indicated there would be an increased demand for residential dwellings to be used
as visitor dwellings, impacting residential dwelling stock for permanent residents. The
HNA2017 noted this was not necessarily a desirable future nor sustainable, not in line with
Council policy and not recommended to be accommodated in landuse planning. The HNA2017
stated:
       If the demand for tourist accommodation and visitor dwellings continued to grow in line
       with past trends, a higher number of residential dwellings may be used for tourist
       accommodation and this would reduce the amount of residential dwelling stock
       available for residents. Some of this demand for tourist accommodation may be met
       by the movement of residents out of tourist accommodation, by reduced vacancy rates
       in the residential market allowing increased use by visitors, or by considering visitor
       uses for ‘spare’ development capacity in the residential market…
Whilst not necessarily desirable or sustainable, the HNA2017 stated that in addition to the
development of visitor accommodation sites identified in NP2006, there was potentially three
ways of further increasing visitor dwelling stock:
      use of secondary dwellings;
      identification of new ‘tourist only’ resort sites (i.e. sites protected for visitor
       accommodation);
      increased use of dwellings for short-term accommodation.

Secondary Dwellings
The HNA2017 identified the possibility of using secondary dwellings both for permanent
residents (not just part of the household) and a portion for visitor accommodation. Despite this,
secondary dwellings for visitor accommodation was not, and continues to not be, permitted
within the definition of a secondary dwelling as prescribed under the Planning Regulation 2017.
The HNA2017 stated:
       … The high take up scenario suggested that an additional 1,040 secondary dwellings
       for visitors could be provided to 2036, and the low take up scenario suggested that an
       additional 559 secondary dwellings for visitors could be provided to 2036. The low take
       up scenario was considered to be more realistic and the resulting shortfall in
       tourist/visitor dwellings according to this scenario…

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Noosa Council Monitoring Report 2022/23