2023-03-07 Planning & Environment Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      7 MARCH 2023


55 applications were refused:
       17 Dwelling houses
       1 - acceptable development (4x60)
       20 units
       17 Home hosted
23 review of decisions and 6 appeals have been received.
3.      12 month review of local law
A review has been undertaken of subordinate local law Schedule 21A Operation of Short Stay
Letting or Home Hosted Accommodation; internal resourcing to administer the local law, including
assessing applications and undertaking compliance; internal procedures and processes; the 24/7
complaints hotline and the 12 month trial of security.
Consultation has been undertaken with a multi-interest stakeholder group which included
representation from the short term accommodation industry sectors and resident / community
group representatives.
In response to the review and feedback from stakeholders, no changes to the local law are
required, but a number of actions and improvements are recommended to improve its
implementation and effectiveness.
3.1       Feedback from stakeholder group
Representatives from both the short term accommodation industry and resident / community
interest groups were included in the multi-interest stakeholder group with representations outlined
in the table below.
    Association / group / business                Representing
    Residents against unregulated short term      Residents affected by the operation of short term
    accommodation                                 accommodation
    Noosa Waters Residents Association            Residents in Noosa Waters
    Noosa Residents and Rate Payers Association   Residents in Noosa Shire and the broader community
                                                  generally
    RG Strategic                                  Consultants making applications on behalf of STA
                                                  operators under the local law
    Team BnB                                      STA property managers and contact person and
                                                  making applications under the local law
    Good Night Noosa                              Contact person – dealing with complaints hotline
    Noosa Holiday Rentals                         Holiday rentals – managing STA properties and
                                                  guests and making applications under the local law
    Host Angel Noosa                              STA property managers and contact person
    La Mer Shine                                  Onsite resort managers
    Noosa Short Term Accommodation Association    STA industry- owners, operators, managers
A focussed questionnaire on how the local law has been operating and the representative’s
experience in using or being affected by the local law was provided to the stakeholder group
members, one questionnaire for the STA industry sectors and one for the resident / community
groups.
This was followed up by a stakeholder meeting held on 9 February 2023, where issues and
suggested improvements to the implementation and operation of the local law were further
discussed.
Resident group / community feedback
Overall, feedback from the resident / community representations indicated the local law was
working well and supported it moving forward with greater improvements, however identified
continued issues with problem properties and impacts on residential amenity and resident lifestyle
as being an ongoing concern for many residents.
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