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

 Submitter   Summary of Submissions and Grounds of Submission                                                                    Planner’s response                                                                                          Recommendation
 20996609    •    There are numerous hotels, motels and registered guest houses in the area without the need for                      will be a range of both commercial related and some residential activities. However, residential
                  short stay letting of private residences.                                                                           zones have generally always and continue to be preserved primarily for permanent residential uses,
 20996646                                                                                                                             and low impact home based businesses . Notwithstanding this, The Noosa Planning scheme has
             •   The tourist zones of Noosa could still be able to conduct short-term accommodation but it is not
 20997810                                                                                                                             explicitly allowed for a mix of permanent and visitor accommodation in attached housing zones, but
                 appropriate in the areas where locals live with children and pets and are entitled to quiet enjoyment
                                                                                                                                      not in detached housing zones.( Low density residential)
 20999114        of their property and neighbourhood.
             Property prices and Investor impacts                                                                                •    If a duplex was built prior to the commencement of The Noosa Plan, 2006 it can lawfully be used for
 21004150                                                                                                                             either permanent or short term accommodation.
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             •    the increased potential for short term, high income earning lets, will artificially inflate the property       •    Duplexes built after 2006 undertaking short term accommodation are currently not lawful to do so.
                  prices in the short term, with the potential result that many local residences will not be able to                  Under the new Noosa Plan this use is consistent in the zone but will require an impact assessment
 21001016         purchase in the area;                                                                                               planning application;
 21001025    •    the proposal will discourages the purchase of houses for the sole purpose of short-term letting;               •   The new Noosa Plan is primarily aimed at supporting the needs of the resident population, whilst
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             •    short Term Rentals only benefit the owner of the property, the rental agent and the holiday maker. It              also still supporting and enabling economy development, tourist development and visitor
                  only causes the chance of increased costs to both council and ratepayers;                                          accommodation. It makes considerable provision for a significant number of short term visitor
 21001120    •    the value of properties in proximity to short term rentals is negatively affected. Allowing unrestricted           accommodation options, these uses should not however occur at the expense of other community
                  development of STR’s would have a negative effect on property values across neighbourhoods.                        needs.
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                                                                                                                                 Negative impacts on residential amenity and community
 21001982    •    arguments made by short-term owners/investors that their guests bring additional income into the
                  Noosa economy are not supported by any formal evidence. They also neglect the fact that a whole                •   The range of negative impacts on residential amenity, liveability, social cohesion, social fabric,
 21001990         house short-term let in effect displaces a regular residential family who would have otherwise                     sense of community and feeling of security associated with short term accommodation is
                  contributed to the economy. That displaced family would also have been a fuller participant in the                 acknowledged.
 21002220         community (worker, business owner, volunteer, surf club member, etc).                                          Negative impacts on housing market
 21002416    •    Absentee owners profit while residents lose;
                                                                                                                                 •   The impacts on available housing stock and housing affordability associated with short term
 21002601    •    Distorted property values with winners being those who converted residential dwellings into short                  accommodation already within permanent residential areas is acknowledged. This proliferation of
                  term accommodation.                                                                                                short term letting was not anticipated in the current Noosa Plan, as a result of this many properties
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             •   We would like to comment on a perception held by some in the community that restricting STR’s is                    who have lawfully undertaken short term letting will enjoy existing use rights. The New Noosa Plan
 21002629        unfair because it will positively affect the value of properties with existing rights. While this is possibly       must consider all land uses as defined under the Planning Act 2017, short term accommodation is
 21002669        true we do not consider this a reason to continue to allow the unrestricted spread of STA in low                    now a separate land use and is therefore proposed to be regulated under the new Noosa Plan.
                 density residential zones. It can be argued that the value of properties in proximity to STA’s is               Negative impacts on day to day life
 21002683        negatively affected, so allowing unrestricted development of STR’s would have a negative, not
                 positive effect on property values across neighbourhoods.                                                       •    The negative impacts associated with the day to day operations of short term accommodation on
 21002811                                                                                                                             residential communities is acknowledged including noise, parking, security, waste, community
             Negative impacts on residential lifestyle and liveability
 21003025                                                                                                                             facilities, use of outdoor areas, hours of operation and high levels of occupancy.
             •    strongly support any move to place strict measures on short-term rentals in the area and to totally            •    The day to day operations of short term accommodation is proposed to be regulated by the
 21003256         exclude the more suburban zones in Noosa from short rentals. If allowed to continue unchecked,                      proposed draft short stay letting local law which includes a proposal for a contact person for
 21003268         short-term rentals have the potential to negatively impact the liveability of Noosa which by definition             complaints and a code of conduct.
                  encompasses community quality of life, neighbourliness and social stability, it also goes without
 21003269         saying that property values could be negatively impacted;                                                      •    Other matters such as barking dogs are dealt with through Council’s Animal Management local law
                                                                                                                                      and noise and bad behaviour is dealt with by the police.
 21003377    •    Councils declared commitment to protect established residential amenity from intrusive short-term
                  visitor accommodation, now contains the regulatory resolve to facilitate this promise;                         •    It is agree that short term accommodation uses which are commercial operations can be
 21003439                                                                                                                             incompatible with permanent residential uses.
             •    when people start living in houses permanently after it has been used as short term, existing use
 21003456         rights will be extinguished after one year -over time, this will address the problem of existing short         •   It is acknowledged that the activity levels associated with the operation of short term
                  term letting properties and their detrimental impact on neighbours.                                                accommodation are different to those of residential activities and have an associated impact on the
 21003460                                                                                                                            residential amenity and character of the area.
             •    When someone buys a house (residential property) they do not expect the neighbourhood to be
 21003481         turned into a short-term holiday resort just because someone decides its an easy way to make                   Carparking and traffic
 21003525         money.                                                                                                         •    The Draft plan requires a house or unit over 100 square metres GFA to provide two spaces for up to
             •    The lifestyle of Noosa residents is already impacted by the ever growing number of events in the                    three bedrooms, plus an additional space for each bedroom above three bedrooms where the
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                  district which close roads and make it impossible to use our own local areas (Hastings Street and                   property is used for short term accommodation
 21003602         Gympie Terrace to name a couple). We may be a holiday area but there has to be a limit to the                  •    A house with a secondary dwelling is required to provide 3 carparking spaces.
                  number of visitors we can accommodate before the residents lose patience and stop being the
 21003667         welcoming friendly public we usually are.                                                                      •    These do not have to constitute garages as such but designated hard standing space on the
                                                                                                                                      property available for guest parking at all times. Situations where the property owner has locked up
 21003746    •    By preventing some areas from this short stay ability it will ease congestion in town and the burden                the garage to store their own vehicle(s) or possessions and made no on-site parking available for
 21003752         on our roads and local facilities.                                                                                  guests are not appropriate.
             •    there should be a defined area/boundary which accommodates holiday rentals, and that 'residential'             •    Car parking arrangements within unit complexes may vary as some units will only have one
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                  areas should be kept for permanent residents (permanent rentals and live-in homeowners).                            assigned car park and any other visitor parking is shared amongst the complex. These issues are
 21003905    •    for an amendment to the rules would be Short Stay Lettings be not permitted in duplexes OR Short                    considered in the assessment of applications.
 21004822         Stay Lettings are only permitted in a building/complex of more than 3 or 4 units. People choose to             •    It is noted that the concentration of existing short-term rentals correlates with beachside and
                  live in duplexes or similar primarily to avoid the noise and inconvenience of larger complexes which,               riverside locations where on street parking is already under pressure. Likewise the topography of
 21003914         in resort areas, have short stay lettings                                                                           some of these neighbourhood adds to the difficulties with on street parking.
 21003917    •    excessive and continual noise, rubbish (glass bottles, cigarette butts thrown over fences) parked
                  vehicles obstructing driveways, inappropriate, aggressive, drunken and offensive behaviour, and
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