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

 Submitter   Submission and Grounds of Submission                                                                                 Planners’ response                                                                                                 Recommendation
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 21003692    Pro forma                                                                                                            Issues are noted.                                                                                                  That no change be made to the New Noosa Plan as a result of these submissions.
 21004850    Removing the possibility of future investment in holiday lets in low density residential areas, may affect           Short term accommodation is not considered a consistent use within the Low Density Residential Zone
             Noosa’s capacity to service future tourism growth and may therefore impact on Noosa’s overall tourism-               as it does not meet the purpose and outcomes of the zone. The main purpose of the Low Density
 21004821    related economy.                                                                                                     Residential zone is for permanent residential uses. Therefore any future application for the use would
 21004842                                                                                                                         require a full impact assessment.
             Removing the possibility of future investment in holiday lets in low-density residential areas, will affect
 21004811    Noosa’s capacity to service future tourism growth and will therefore impact on Noosa’s overall tourism-              The overall outcome for the Low Density Residential zone is that “Low density residential
             related economy. I oppose the notion that low-density residential areas will become non-compliant for                neighbourhoods are home to permanent residents with minimal impact of visitors”. It is considered that
 21004520    future holiday-let use. Removing investor choice may compromise investor interest in holiday let                     minimising impact of visitors and protecting the residential amenity of low density residential
 21004643    investments and may put stress on Noosa’s capacity to service future holiday needs. Less investors may               neighbourhoods should take precedence over other considerations for that zone.
             be interested in Noosa to the detriment of the industry and the economy.
 21004786                                                                                                                         The new Noosa Plan has been prepared in accordance with the requirements under the Planning Act
             There has been no review of the potential impact that the new laws might have on Noosa and tourism in                2016 with legal input as required.
 21004679    Noosa.
                                                                                                                                  The planning scheme does not make any statement that no further dwellings may be used for short term
 21004680    I oppose the notion that low-density residential areas will become non-compliant for future holiday-let use.         accommodation. All existing lawful short term accommodation can continue under the provisions of
             Removing investor choice may compromise investor interest in holiday let investments and may put stress              existing use rights which will continue to support any ancillary support services while they chose to
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             on Noosa’s capacity to service future holiday needs. Less investors may be interested in Noosa to the                operate.
 21005199    detriment of the industry and the economy. Wealthier investors that do not need to holiday let may not
             bother to let their properties. This may affect the overall availability of holiday let properties into the future   There has been an exponential increase in the number of dwellings that have been made available for
 20996313    that are needed to support growth of Noosa’s tourism economy.                                                        short term accommodation in Noosa since the advent of on-line booking platforms that were previously
                                                                                                                                  never used for visitor accommodation. Any loss to this number through a ceasing of existing use rights,
 20996484                                                                                                                         will largely be driven by the market levelling out and supply and demand factors.
 20996736                                                                                                                         Houses used for short term accommodation in Low Density Residential zones are a portion of the visitor
 20998857                                                                                                                         accommodation offering, and if there is any gradual loss to this stock, it will likely redirect some visitors to
                                                                                                                                  take up purpose built visitor accommodation and will likely result in higher occupancy rates for all
 21001049                                                                                                                         purpose built visitor accommodation providers. These visitor resorts, motels and serviced apartments
 21001063                                                                                                                         are already feeling the effect of increased competition of private holiday rental listings which in some
                                                                                                                                  instances have much lower operating costs.
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                                                                                                                                  Dwelling houses in low density residential zones were never intended for visitor accommodation as The
 21001111                                                                                                                         Noosa Plan specifically designated areas elsewhere in the Visitor Accommodation zones and allowed for
                                                                                                                                  a mix of visitor and permanent in attached housing zones.
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                                                                                                                                  Council has produced a discussion paper on the Issues associated with the rapid increase in on line
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                                                                                                                                  booking platforms and short term accommodation, and has also drawn on well documented research,
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