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

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                   7 DECEMBER 2021


               (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.




                         Figure 4 – Medium density residential neighbourhood

The planning scheme prioritises the preservation of medium density residential neighbourhoods
for predominantly permanent residential dwellings and seeks to protect the amenity of surrounding
residential areas from the impacts of short-term accommodation. Whilst acknowledging that there
are a number of permanent residential dwellings within the surrounding area, it is noted that the
surrounding area consists predominantly of visitor accommodation facilities, including Ivory Palms
Resort and directly opposite the subject site, the Villa Aqua and Regency Waterfront Motel. There
are numerous properties which are currently being used for short-term accommodation (refer to
red, some green and blue dots in Figure 5 below) not in resort style facilities. There are also
numerous properties in the area which have a development approval which provides for the
dwelling units to be used interchangeably for permanent or short term accommodation, given the
age of many surrounding multiple dwellings where the majority were approved prior to Noosa Plan
2006.
The proposal will contribute to the proliferation of short term accommodation in the area and erode
the dwelling units available for permanent resident, the proposal does not comply with the Purpose
and Overall Outcome (a) of the Medium Density Residential Zone Code. Based on the Tourism
accommodation carrying capacity data April 2020 27% of residential dwellings in Noosaville,
including houses and units were in use as Short Term Accommodation or for home hosted.
Further, as the proposal is for the use to establish within new dwellings, it does not comply with
the Purpose and Overall Outcome (h) of the Medium Density Residential Zone Code, which seeks


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