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

 Submitter   Submission and Grounds of Submission                                                                            Planners’ response                                                                                           Recommendation
 20866731    •    The World Travel and Tourism Council has recently acknowledged that travellers are driving locals          The matters raised in submission regarding the impacts of short term accommodation will be considered
                  out in global hotspots and a backlash to over tourism in those neighbourhoods is underway. The             further in the development of a local law.
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                  Airbnb revolution is already warping house prices in globally affected areas and this is beginning to be
                                                                                                                             Carparking impacts of short term accommodation
 20867018         mirrored here in our own real estate pages, with an advertised added potential for Airbnb income.
             •   Most commercial interests in Noosa would likely welcome increased tourism and the revenue it                It is acknowledged that short term accommodation can result in an increased number of cars requiring
 20867100                                                                                                                    parking. The new Noosa Plan has minimum onsite carparking requirements, however the management of
                 brings, however this needs to be achieved in a sustainable way that does not adversely impact on
 20867102        traditional residential housing. A departure from our current zoning status to one that creates short       parking should be further dealt with through a short stay local law to deal with the day to day management
                 stay accommodation is not a viable solution to Noosa's growing popularity and threatens a                   of carparking.
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                 sustainable balance.                                                                                        Short term accommodation paying their way
 20867115    Change in tenancy status from permanent to short stay will change community
                                                                                                                             Short term accommodation providers will be required to pay the Tourism levy as part of their rates. In
 20867129    •    The high financial returns for landlords to Short-term letting, $2000.00 per night is not unusual, is      addition, a local law to regulate the operations of the use would be appropriate including a requirement
 20867130         encouraging investment buyers rather than residential occupants, altering the nature and amenity of        for an annual approval and fee payment.
                  the environment to the detriment of existing residents.
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             •    Units now zoned medium density residential, included in the short stay area will convert to short term
 20867146         letting without a planning approval or regulation.                                                         It is acknowledged that additional resources will be required to address the assessment and regulations
                                                                                                                             of short term.
 20867153    •    Allowing Short-term accommodation in low density Little Cove will fundamentally change an area
                  considered for more than 50 years to be among Noosa’s most desirable for its location and qualities        Registration
 20867157         as a quiet and traditional residential neighbourhood. It is incompatible with the zone objectives and
                                                                                                                             It is agreed that further consideration of registration of short term accommodation through a local law
 20867160         there is simply not the capacity for more people and more cars.
                                                                                                                             framework should be given.
             •    Cause a net loss of permanent community residential accommodation in Noosa.
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             •    Permanent residents have given way to Short-term tourist stays. This is detrimental to the ethos of
 20867166         Noosa.
 20867198    •   .Airbnb impacting all around the world and Noosa needs to act before the situation gets worse.
 20867201    Ample tourist accommodation – protect permanent housing

 20867296    •    There is already plenty of areas which are zoned to accommodate tourists in Noosaville and there is
                  no need to destroy a well-functioning community of permanent residents live.
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             •    Why should tourists get access to the best areas of Noosa and residents forced to leave and live in
 20867675         less convenient locations?
 20867709    •    Within a small complex of units permanent residents have “strangers” wandering around the property
                  and are concerned for their safety.
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             •    Unless a majority of unit holders are happy to have Short-term letting it should not be allowed. Body
 20867824         Corporate should be able to have a legal say in this.
 20867825    •    Within one complex of 4 units, one owner has converted their garage into a small flat (complete with
                  toilet) in which they live approx. 200 days per year while they make their unit available to short-term
 20867826         guests with frequent turnover.
 20867827    •    Restrict Airbnb and other home-sharing platforms, as they have driven up home prices, disrupted the
                  quiet residential areas and don't contribute to Council levies.
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             •    Council has a responsibility to not only protect certain areas but rather to provide protection and
 20867831         controls for all ratepayers. All ratepayers have an equal right to have their residential amenity
 20867833         protected.

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             •    Concern Council is now considering turning their area into one that will become a glorified tourist
                  precinct with neighbouring properties allowed and even encouraged to provide Short-term tourist
 20867852         accommodation.
 20867884    •    Submitters are not interested in whether this plan potentially raises their property value they are more
                  concerned the amenity of their area be protected and have it remain the type of property they
 20867885         originally purchased.
 20867886    •    Just because these online platforms exist and are easy to use by anyone with a bed to rent, doesn’t
                  mean they should be able to disrupt our lives. Noosa Council is in a position to protect its residents
 20867887         from this new disruptive commercial activity and all the issues that come with it.
 20867889    •    Surrounded by short term rental properties purchased recently by owners living in Brisbane and using
 20867893         AirBnB as an opportunity to gain wealth. This wasn’t an afterthought but an integral part of their
                  strategy to pay for this investment property.
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             •    Our street was once filled with friendly neighbours chatting, kids out playing together and Christmas
 20868220         street parties. We no longer have neighbours looking out for one another. Tourism gentrification
                  means a displacement of residents and our once residential street is now transformed into a
 20868426         commercial space for entertainment and consumption.
 20868864    •    Tourism Noosa’s goal of spreading the benefits and reducing the impacts of seasonality with a greater
                  dispersity of visitor expenditure across the destination has increased off-peak and mid-week


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