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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8.3.1.4      Former short stay overlay map
 Submitter   Submission and Grounds of Submission                                                                                 Planners’ response                                                                                         Recommendation
 20994498    Code of conduct might eliminate the need to have some suburbs short stay and others not - there is                   Noted.                                                                                                     That no change be made to the new Noosa Plan as a result of these submissions.
             nothing fair in that at all.
 21004158    Support for former short stay overlay map                                                                            There are parts of Coastal Noosa where visitor accommodation is in high concentration already,
                                                                                                                                  including resorts, motels, serviced apartments, backpacker hostels and holiday homes. It is possible the
 21004792    •    support the initially proposed Short Stay Areas zoned within the original draft New Noosa Plan as this          Short Stay Area map would have resulted in considerable increase of short term accommodation (STA)
                  is aligned to locations where multi-million dollar low density houses provides short-term luxury                in the Low Density Housing zone within the mapped area.
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                  accommodation to high value overnighters / families and these areas will not address housing
 21006105         affordability for low income local residents;                                                                   The well intentioned purpose behind the maps was to protect certain areas for residents only while
                                                                                                                                  minimising regulation within the areas already hosting many visitors. Dwellings inside the mapped area
 21004081    •    the entirety of Noosa should not be open to a Short Stay Letting free-for-all. Having the amendment
                                                                                                                                  were accepted development while dwellings outside the mapped area were subject to a planning
                  inclusive of designated zones for Short Stay Letting will clarify expectations on short stay hosts and
                                                                                                                                  application process to ensure that the creep would not have amenity impacts on the permanent
                  also make policing of undesirable activity much easier;
                                                                                                                                  residential neighbourhoods or would be mitigated or minimised.
             •     the previous proposal that had been released for consultation by Council had situated our property in
                   a zone in which Short-term Letting was to be allowed. Based upon this knowledge we incurred                    As a result of the 1st round consultation and further assessment, the short stay overlay map was
                   significant expenses renovating, restoring, improving and furnishing our property to enable it to be           removed because there was no basis to sacrifice the residential amenity of certain neighbourhoods and
                   used for Short Stay letting. We understand that your current proposal intends to exclude properties            subject them to uncontrolled growth of short term accommodation. Nor was it suitable to say that
                   from Short Stay letting if they were not used for this purpose in the 12 months before the new                 proximity to beaches or the Noosa River made a neighbourhood any more suitable for short term
                   regulations become effective.                                                                                  accommodation than other locations. The omission of places like Boreen Point and Teewah was also an
                                                                                                                                  obvious oversight
             This is completely unreasonable given:
                                                                                                                                  A continued increase in short term accommodation (which is essentially a commercially operated use)
             •    We have incurred significant expenses renovating and furnishing our property.                                   within Low Density Residential zones is contrary to the intent of the new Noosa Plan and the purpose
             •    While we believe the previous owners of our property may have used the property for short-term stay             and outcomes of the Low Density Residential zone and outcomes sought for permanent residential
                  purposes, we have no evidence of this. Had we known about the current proposals then evidence                   areas, which seeks to protection of the zone for permanent living. The removal of the map also retains
                  would have been requested and received from the previous owners before we purchased our                         ensures the same provisions across all Low Density Residential zones, not just in highly sought after
                  property.                                                                                                       mapped area where historically there would have been more STA.
             •    It is unjust to cut off property owners from the ability to use their properties for Short Stay letting, even   Therefore, it was determined the use of a location based map identifying where short term
                  though their property was already being used for Short Stay letting before the time the Council                 accommodation occur was not the right approach for the following reasons:
                  consulted on the proposed restrictions.
             Re-introduce the 1st draft NNP as it was presented originally. This 1st draft has gone through all the
                                                                                                                                  •    the potential impacts to existing permanent residents within the map area that will occur because
                                                                                                                                       of the concentration of short term accommodation;
             necessary hoops hence, in my view, could not be classed as introducing a significant change.
                                                                                                                                  •    the inequities across the Low Density Residential zone both for those wishing to short term let and
             This 1st draft with the clearly defined STA areas, with areas outside of these being classed, as I                        those impacted by short term letting; and
             understand it, as ‘Inconsistent’ STA use, all backed up with the proposed new Local Laws, is a sound
             compromise between our tourism industry and our community. This will allow traditional holiday homes                 •    the inequities associated with the approvals process across the Low Density Residential zone.
             areas to continue to offer high standard product all underpinned with new Local Laws that will drive
             improved property management.



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