2021-10-12 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                12 OCTOBER 2021


D.    Waiver the proposed application fee for a short stay letting approval under the proposed
      Local Law for a period of 6 months starting from the date of commencement of the Local Law
      for short stay letting.
E.    Authorise the CEO to make minor amendments to the documents prior to public notification.

9.    Risks & Opportunities
The proposed local law provides an opportunity to better manage the ongoing operation of short
stay letting and home hosted accommodation with a standard set of rules for the safety of guests,
management of the property, complaints resolution and guest behaviour. Should the proposed local
law not proceed, the ongoing operation of short stay letting and home hosted accommodation will
continue unregulated with further risk of impacting the residential amenity of permanent residential
areas and guest safety.
The proposed local law has undergone 2 rounds of public consultation. Specific legal matters
identified in submissions have been addressed and changes made where required. Additional
changes are proposed to the proposed subordinate local law and the complaints management
approach in response to additional public submissions. The proposed local law has undergone
extensive legal review and is consistent with the legislative principles and local law making
requirements under the Local Government Act 2009.
Notwithstanding this, there is a risk short stay let and home hosted accommodation operators will
respond negatively to the introduction of the proposed local law and may not voluntarily respond to
the approval requirements and continue to operate contrary to the local law requirements.
This may also place an additional financial burden on Council in the initial 2-3 years of
implementation until costs to Council are fully covered.

10.   Consultation
10.1 State government consultation
Consultation with 23 State government agencies was undertaken on Administration (Amendment)
Local Law (No.1) 2021 for a period just over of 3 weeks from 21 January until 13 February 2021.
The outcomes of this consultation was discussed in the Planning & Environment Committee
Meeting Report of 9 March 2021.
Whilst Council was not obliged to consult with state agencies on the content of the subordinate
local law, it was forwarded to SDILGP and Building Services for comment during the public
consultation period. No comments were received.
10.2 Stakeholder consultation on revised draft local law
Prior to public notification, consultation was undertaken with a targeted stakeholder group of six
industry representatives including holiday letting agents, onsite managers and the Noosa Short
Term Accommodation Association (NSTAA).
During the public consultation period relevant resident /community groups were invited to a
stakeholder meeting. Representatives from the following groups accepted the invitation and
attended:
▪     Noosa Waters Residents Association
▪     Noosa Residents and Rate Payers Association
▪     Cootharaba & Community Association
▪     Residents Against Unregulated Short Term Rental Accommodation
▪     Hastings Street Association




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