2019-12-11 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 DRAFT 20191202-Noosa Plan Consultation Report

5. Reporting on Submissions
5.1    Summary of Initial Submissions
Through the initial consultation period, Council received approximately 940 submissions on the draft
planning scheme. The vast majority were from individuals with relatively few from groups or
organisations.
Nearly all submissions were either emailed or submitted electronically through the Your Say Noosa
website. Only a small number were received in hard copy.
The issue most frequently addressed by submitters was short-term accommodation and specifically
the ability to let a residential property, be it your home or an investment property, to short-term
guests. Property investors and businesses reliant on this income stream made up the bulk of these
submissions but there were also a large number from residents already affected by short-term rentals
in their neighbourhood and objected to any encouragement or legitimising of this trend.
Application of the Tourist Accommodation Zone also resulted in many submissions with some
property owners objecting to the zone, and some resort operators requesting the zone. The
neighbours of one resort site were quite opposed to this zone applied to vacant land in their street.
Coastal Protection and the coastal building line were of interest to many submissions and there were
a large number of pro-forma submissions relating to the Peregian Beach Surf Club and its future.

5.2    Summary or Subsequent Submissions
Through the subsequent consultation period, Council received approximately just over 600
submissions, approximately three quarters of which addressed short-term accommodation. Of the
submissions relating to short stay approximately 50% of these were based on one of various
templates/proformas circulating widely amongst residents, property owners and business owners.
Some 90 submissions were received objecting to the application of the Medium Density Residential
Zone in Pomona. This was not a significant change but had been in the draft scheme since first
advertised in February, and indeed reflects the current (2006) planning scheme. Most of these came
in as a printed form letter with the name and addresses of submitters filled in.
A number of submissions were also not specifically related to significant changes but were either
reinstatements of initial submissions or matters not previously raised at all.
A small number of submissions were received in response to changes made in centres such as
Noosa Junction and Shire Business Centre.
A number of submissions were related to specific sites.

5.3    Reviewing and reporting on submissions
Staff have read and reviewed all submissions and attempted to sort them into areas or themes.
Workshops with Councillors occurred through August to provide Councillors with the background to
what initial submitters were concerned about and what might be done to alleviate concerns. Some
changes were made before releasing an amended scheme for subsequent consultation. A further
workshop was held with Council on issues from second round submissions in November. This report
seeks to evaluate both original and subsequent submissions and make recommendations for the
finalisation of the scheme.




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