2022-11-14 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                           14 NOVEMBER 2022


4    SHORT TERM ACCOMMODATION MONITORING REPORT 2022

Author           Principal Strategic Planner, Anita Lakeland
                 Environment and Sustainable Development Department

Index            ECM 41.42- Noosa Plan 2020

Attachments      1.    Short Term Accommodation Monitoring Report 2022 (200 page
                       attachment provided separately to this agenda)
                 2.    Appendix 13 to Attachment 1 (48 page attachment provided separately to
                       this agenda)



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Noosa Council’s adoption of Noosa Plan 2020 was conditional on monitoring the provisions relating
to short term accommodation, tourism and housing supply for a 2 year period following its
commencement.
A Short Term Accommodation Monitoring Report has now been prepared, including
recommendations to amend NP2020 which must be submitted to the Minister for State
Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning within 6 months of the 2 year
monitoring period.
This report supports the key actions from the 2022 Housing Strategy and is presented to Council
for consideration.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Principal Strategic Planner to the General Committee Meeting
dated 14 November 2022 and
A.   Endorse the Short Term Accommodation Monitoring Report contained in Attachment 1 to
     this report for the purpose of submitting it to the Minister for State Development,
     Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning as compliance with the Minister’s conditional
     approval of Noosa Plan 2020;
B.   Endorse the recommendations in section 5.1 of the Short Term Accommodation Monitoring
     Report in Attachment 1 and as described in section 2.3 of this report to amend Noosa Plan
     2020 and:
     1.    Undertake amendments relating to the Medium and High Density Residential zones,
           Rural zone, Rural Residential zone and Centres zones as part of the proposed
           amendments to Noosa Plan 2020 being reported separately to Council;
     2.    Undertake amendments relating to the Tourist Accommodation zone following further
           assessment of the spatial allocation of the zone, tables of assessment and other
           consequential amendments to the Noosa Plan 2020, and provide a separate report to
           Council;
C.   Monitor the effects of the proposed amendments to Noosa Plan 2020 and its impacts on
     short term accommodation and housing following a 2 year period of its implementation and
     report back to Council with the findings;

REPORT
The purpose of this report is to submit to Council for endorsement, the Short Term Accommodation
Monitoring Report 2022 (Monitoring Report) as required by the Ministerial conditions of approval
of Noosa Plan 2020 and the proposed amendments to Noosa Plan 2020 arising from the report.

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