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

Purpose of Report
The purpose of this report is to monitor provisions in the Noosa Plan in relation to short term
accommodation, tourism and housing supply in response to the Ministerial conditions imposed
on Council’s adoption of Noosa Plan 2020 (NP2020) on 16 July 2020.
The Minister’s conditional approval requires that:
       The council must:
       1. Monitor the provisions relating to short-term accommodation, tourism and housing
          supply considering the outcomes sought across the residential zones.
       The process shall, at a minimum:
              include a detailed analysis of the existing situation within the Noosa Shire,
               including numbers and types of short-term accommodation uses. This analysis
               should include annual comparison data that demonstrates the performance of
               the relevant scheme provisions; consider the economic and social benefits of
               the current situation, and forecast the potential long-term impacts of short-term
               accommodation across the residential zones;


              consider the zone intent, levels of assessment and regulation short-term
               accommodation across the residential zones;
                    •   consider the state interests of Housing supply and diversity and
                        Tourism;
                    •   be evidence-driven, comprehensive, and prepared in a detailed
                        manner.
       On commencement of the planning scheme for a period of two years.
       2. Submit a report to the Minister on completion of the monitoring process. The report
          must detail the findings of the monitoring process and provide an accompanying
          statement from the council that identifies whether the council considers an
          amendment should be made to the planning scheme as a result of the monitoring
          process, and the reasons for the council’s position on this.
       Within six months of completing 1.
Noosa Plan 2020 commenced and took effect on 31 July 2020. As required, this report has
been prepared following a two year monitoring process following the implementation of
NP2020, being the period between 31 July 2020 and 31 July 2022. Following endorsement by
Noosa Council at its meeting on xxxxx, this report is submitted to the Minister within the six
month timeframe following the two year review period.
For clarity, references to “Noosa” in this report imply the whole of Noosa Shire.




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Noosa Council Monitoring Report 2022/23