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

               increased occupancy of existing tourist accommodation
               residents moving out of resorts to free up capacity
               take up of secondary dwellings for short-term letting
               further increased use of dwellings for short-term letting
               use of vacant dwellings.

2.5.1.4 Impacts on the provision of permanent resident housing
The overall findings of the HNA2017 concluded that future tourism demand could have a
substantial impact on residential housing in the event of continued ongoing growth in tourism
in line with that over the last decade. In particular, the further spread of visitor and tourist
accommodation into residential areas and the movement of residents out of resorts was
identified as contributing to further competition between residents and visitors for dwelling
stock, displacement of residents and a lack of housing affordability.
Notwithstanding this, the HNA2017 stated it was an unlikely future scenario because of limited
land supply, community reaction and inconsistency with Council’s Local Economic Plan which
seeks a sustainable future for tourism and a more diversified economy.
The HNA2017 stated:
       …It will nevertheless be important that the limits of tourist accommodation
       sustainability in Noosa Shire are recognised, while encouraging the future growth of
       the tourism industry in more sustainable ways. An unsustainable future would result in
       likely further competition between residents and visitors, with a possibility of increased
       displacement of residents and increased lack of affordability of housing. Increased
       sustainability is in line with the policies of the Local Economic Plan, which looks beyond
       tourism-driven economic growth and employment, towards a more resilient and
       diversified economy…

2.5.1.5 Industry regulation
At the time the HNA2017 was prepared, regulation of the short-term rental accommodation
industry was in its infancy across Australia, with each state taking various approaches.
Notably, Queensland did not have any statewide position on the matter, nor had any
Queensland local governments. The Holiday Rental Industry Association was however,
promoting the sustainable development and self-regulation of the industry with an industry
code of conduct.
Despite this, many issues were emerging in the Noosa Community relating to short term
accommodation and in 2019 Noosa Council sought to introduce a new local law to manage
the ongoing use of short-term accommodation in Noosa Shire, which eventually took effect in
February 2022. See Section 3.6.1 for more information.


2.5.2 Tourism Carrying Capacity Analysis April 2020
The HNA2017 attempted to estimate the quantum of tourist accommodation across Noosa
Shire, and acknowledged the difficulty of the exercise, particularly with regard to dwellings
being used for short-term accommodation.
To get a better more accurate understanding of the existing capacity and provision of all tourist
accommodation across Noosa Shire, Council prepared a Tourism Carrying Capacity Analysis
in early 2020 using a number of data sources to compile a list of properties identified and
verified as undertaking some form of tourist /visitor accommodation.
The statistics discussed in this section are derived from that data. It should be noted that it
was acknowledged that additional undetected dwellings were likely to be also undertaking
short-term accommodation but could not be definitively verified at the time the analysis was
undertaken.
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Noosa Council Monitoring Report 2022/23