NOOSA HOUSING STRATEGY - 12 MONTH UPDATE · ATTACHMENT 1 Update on Housing Strategy Actions

     •   Locality specific approaches are
         likely to be necessary.

10   Focus new housing within the urban           The proposed planning scheme amendments seek increased housing                  Continue to uphold Noosa Plan 2020’s urban boundaries in development
     boundaries and within established            choice in well serviced neighbourhoods close to employment, schools and         assessment and decisions making.
     towns and villages.                          transport.
                                                                                                                                  Advance the proposed planning scheme amendments to community consultation
                                                  Expansion beyond urban boundaries is currently not supported.                   in 2024.

11   Concentrate new housing in areas with        The proposed planning scheme amendments seek increased housing                  Advance the proposed planning scheme amendments to community consultation
     good proximity to services and               choice in and immediately around the major centres at Noosa Junction and        in 2024.
     advocate for improved public transport       Noosa Business Centre as well as central Tewantin, where transport is
                                                                                                                                  Continue to advocate for improved state transport services and infrastructure.
     in these areas. This includes as part of     readily available. These centres support significant mixed-use development,
     mixed-use development within centre          and at a smaller scale is supported in other centres as well.
     zones as well as in residential zones.
                                                  Staff have also lobbied the State for improved transport at Noosa Business
                                                  Centre, Noosaville and Cooroy as well as the hinterland villages. This
                                                  includes upgrades to stations and increased rail services north of Nambour
                                                  and better road and bus connections to the Nambour station.
                                                  The SEQ Regional Transport Plan and the Northern Sunshine Coast Public
                                                  Transport Strategy are just two projects staff are contributing towards.

12   Ensure a high proportion of new              The provisions in both Noosa Plan 2020 and the proposed amendments              Advance the proposed planning scheme amendments to community consultation
     housing is within 400 metres of activity     focus new housing in the form of infill development in the form of attached     in 2024.
     centres, schools and public transport,       housing close to, or within centres.
                                                                                                                                  Carry out community education and awareness campaign that helps to explain the
     assisting residents to be less
                                                                                                                                  benefits of infill development.
     dependent on private motor vehicles to
     access what they need.

13   Ensure new housing is not located            Housing is not supported in industrial zones except for bona fide caretaker’s   Continue to uphold Noosa Plan 2020 in development assessment and decisions
     where it would have a reverse amenity        residences, and the proposed planning scheme amendments have sought             making.
     impact on industrial businesses or           to further clarify expectations around this.
                                                                                                                                  Advance the proposed planning scheme amendments to community consultation
     other existing or committed business or
                                                  Land immediately next to industrial zones is generally not considered           in 2024.
     infrastructure activities. Acknowledging
                                                  appropriate for intensification or increases in housing.
     that industrial land is limited, allow for
     caretaker residences where they do not       Within major centres multiple dwellings in a mixed-use format are
     reduce capacity of business and              supported, with new entertainment activities contained within precincts to
     industrial precincts.                        reduce potential amenity impacts on permanent residents.

14   Integrate new housing including              Housing choice is encouraged in formats that include secondary dwellings,       Continue to uphold Nosa Plan 2020 in development assessment and decisions
     affordable or social housing within the      small dwellings and mixed tenure developments with a portion of units           making.
     community and not cluster it in isolated     being affordable rental premises. Whilst supported, it is unlikely a whole
                                                                                                                                  Within guidance material and conversations with development proponents
     areas.                                       development would be affordable housing unless it was specifically publicly
                                                                                                                                  encourage reference to design resources and expertise in provision of social and
                                                  funded social housing, and even then, numbers would be limited.
                                                                                                                                  affordable housing and mixed tenure developments.