2021-12-07 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda - Updated

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    7 DECEMBER 2021


               (g)   Visitor accommodation does not impact on the ability of rural land owners to
                     carry out agricultural pursuits.
               (h)   Visitor accommodation provides high quality amenities and facilities
                     commensurate with its setting, the types of accommodation supplied and the
                     length of stay accommodated.
               (i)   Visitor accommodation forms a key element of the local tourism industry.
               (j)   Visitor accommodation provides for a wide range of visitors.
9.3.5.3 Criteria for assessment
        Safety and amenity
        PO12
         Sufficient on-site car parking is provided to accommodate the number and type of vehicles likely
         to be generated by the visitor accommodation having regard to the number of guests, staff or
         visitors.
While short term accommodation is identified as a consistent use in the High Density Residential
zone, the planning scheme seeks to ensure:
    visitor accommodation is not to the detriment of an adequate supply of permanent housing;
     and
    neighbourhoods of permanent residents are protected from influxes of short-term visitors
     whose interest and priorities are not compatible with residential amenity.
The planning scheme prioritises the retention of the primary residential function and seeks to
protect the amenity of surrounding residential areas from the impacts of short-term
accommodation. A review shows that there is a significant amount of visitor accommodation (or
sites with a current approval that allow for visitor accommodation) in the local plan area, with a
number of sites advertised as being available for visitor accommodation in the immediate
neighbourhood and zoned high and medium density residential. Figure 8 shows the High Density
Residential zone neighbourhood.




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