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

It was acknowledged within the extrinsic material that:
       The Shire’s urban and rural settlements not only satisfy the needs and aspirations of
       residents, but in many cases meet the requirements of visitors. This extends to
       residents and visitors being attracted to the same forms of accommodation, which can
       cause some level of conflict…
       The retention of a range of visitor accommodation choices is important to the economy
       of Noosa Shire. The loss of visitor accommodation to permanent residential housing
       reduces visitor choice and has a negative effect on the economy...
       Mixing long-term accommodation for residents with short-term accommodation for
       visitors is avoided because it erodes the visitor accommodation base and has potential
       to cause conflicts…
       While the tourism economy is focused on natural low-key outdoor appeal and cultural
       values, the views of Noosa Shire residents are often the best indicator of impacts that
       would adversely affect the Shire’s core values…
       Peaks within the tourism cycle generate significant impacts on residents’ lifestyle and
       visitors’ experiences, due to the large increase in people in the Shire. Therefore market
       emphasis has been directed to the Shire’s natural core values and to a spread of visitor
       load across lengthy periods, as distinct from a focus on main holiday periods…
Overall, NP2006 DEOs appeared to primarily seek the positive benefits and outcomes from
tourism (which is supported) but failed to foresee the potential negative impacts and include
mitigating provisions around that. In particular, the protection of residential housing stock and
residential amenity of permanent residents was not clear.
The 1997 Strategic Plan was clearer in terms of the hierarchy of landuses and impacts on
residential amenity (but was silent on housing supply), - that while the visitor accommodation
base drew from a mix of permanent and visitor accommodation in houses and units, where
conflict arose due to this mix, the protection of residential amenity would prevail (S27.7.7).
This intent was not clearly carried through into NP2006.
The relevant desired environmental outcomes (DEOs) for residential uses and tourism are
contained in Appendix 5 to this report. There were no specific economic or community /
societal outcomes.

2.6.4 Locality plans – overall outcomes and zone outcomes
NP2006 comprised nine different locality plans, and while structurally similar, the outcomes
and zones differed in landuse outcomes for permanent residents and visitors.
Historical development and approvals somewhat influenced how the development outcomes
and tables of assessment were drafted and the zones spatially applied in NP2006. This was
particularly the case for existing larger resorts scattered throughout Noosaville and Noosa
Heads.
Each locality envisaged some form of visitor accommodation and tourist activities mixed with
permanent residents, with supporting services and facilities for both residents and visitors.
Whilst visitor accommodation and tourist activities were supported throughout Noosa Shire,
they were more intensely focused on the coastal urban areas including Noosaville, Noosa
Heads, Eastern Beaches and to a much lesser extent Tewantin. Less intense and more low
key, sustainable and environmentally focused visitor accommodation and tourist
developments were supported in the hinterland localities.
Accommodation for both residents and visitors was often referred to as “residential
development” or “residential uses” in the zone outcomes, confusing the zone intent. However




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