cxking_10-08-2018_10-04-14 · 132007.2446.03

Dear Patrick Murphy / Noosa Council,
Re: Application number: 132007.2446.03

We, Craig King and Jan Nel, owners of 25B Nebula Street, Sunshine Beach 4567 wish to address the
proposed development changes to the Flashpackers Hostel located at 102-106 Pacific Avenue, Sunshine
Beach.

We would like to point out the following issues that we believe are relevant to this proposal.

e Driveways and Car Parking Code. Presently the parking allows for five parks and a park for the
Hostel bus. These parking bays are to service the current 48 residents and workers. This is an
extremely low number of parking bays in relation to the number of residents. The proposal to add
an additional 21 residents with the proposal only allocating an additional two parking bays. In
summary this is a total of 7 parking bays for 69 residents.

¢ Residents from the hostel regularly use Nebula Street for long-term parking, which causes
excessive congestion in the street combined with parents doing school drop off and pick up.

¢ The hostel does not have an easy access point when travelling northbound along Sunshine Beach
Road. There is a continuous median strip that runs along Sunshine Beach Road from Pacific
Avenue to the traffic lights at Solway Drive that does not allow a right hand turn into the hostel.
Hostel residents are regularly observed doing illegal u-turns at the traffic lights to access the
hostel, and this has also been observed occurring during school drop off and pick up times.

e As per the Noosa Council’s “The Noosa Plan Visitors Accommodation” (User Guide November
2016) states, The Noosa Plan is the document through which council controls all development
throughout the Noosa Shire. Council needs to ensure that all Visitors Accommodation is compatible
with the Environmental and Lifestyle values of the Shire and benefits the community. In our opinion,
the increase to this style of accommodation is in no way benefiting the surrounding community or
aligning with the lifestyle values of the Noosa Shire.

¢ The Noosa Council Zoning Map lists the existing Hostel site as a “Detached” housing zone. The
Noosa Plan Visitor Accommodation states that a Visitor Accommodation Type 4 Conventional is
inconsistent to be located in a detached housing zone. Therefore, Noosa Council already considers
this type of business inappropriate for this zone, without approving the proposed extension.

¢ This style of accommodation encourages people to mix more freely and regularly congregate
outdoors rather that in private rooms. These frequent social gatherings become loud and
boisterous and often include a musical instrument being played repetitively, which is a disruption
to residents living in the area. Any attempt to contact the night manager or the owners is
unsuccessful. The new proposal for an additional eighteen beds will bring an elevated noise level
to the already disgruntled neighborhood.

¢ We purchased our property at 25B Nebula Street Sunshine Beach with the knowledge that we
were buying into a high growth area, also aware of the hostel being located at our back fence. If
the current proposal is approved we have serious concerns that the house value will drop

dramatically.
Regards
Craig King Ly Jan Nel
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