2022-11-14 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             14 NOVEMBER 2022


Community Wellbeing
    Residents and studies are clear that STA is having an impact on the social fabric, sense of
     community, feelings of belonging, safety, housing supply, affordability, and residential
     amenity;
    Short Stay Local law has provided an avenue for complaints to be dealt with;
    Despite STA being an inconsistent use in the Low Density Residential zone, use of houses
     for STA grew by 161 in the last 2 years.
State planning policy
    NP2020 must provide housing supply and diversity that is affordable and caters to different
     needs;
    Sufficient land and stock must be available to meet needs;
    Communities must be liveable including quality of life and affordable living;
    Tourism must support economic opportunities related to creating jobs and strengthening
     local and regional economics, where it can complement sensitive uses.
Legacy issues
    Interchangeable use rights from past planning scheme approvals allowing for STA use
     affects housing security;
    Noosa Plan 2006 blurred zones with limited protection of housing supply;
    Competition of housing stock exists between residents and visitors and residential amenity
     issues remain;
    Tourism accommodation is dominated by STA dwellings, with a lack of hotels / motels, and
     demand for 5 star accommodation;
    STA grew with online booking platforms and STA is now seen as providing a good return on
     investment;
    Continued growth in tourism as seen in the past would require more land for visitors only,
     more dwellings converting to STA, displaced residents moving out of resorts and STA in
     secondary dwellings, none if which is desirable nor sustainable.
Noosa Plan 2020
     Low Density Residential zone
    STA of an entire house being inconsistent has addressed some housing supply and
     residential amenity issues;
    There has been continued growth in STA use of houses in the LDR zone, an increase of
     12.1%.
     Medium and High Density Residential zone
    No protection of future housing supply exists with STA being a consistent use in the zones;
    STA compromises future small dwelling supply creating competition for limited land supply
     and dwelling stock;
    STA is at odds with the zone purpose for permanent housing;
    Blurring exists between the Medium and High Density zones and Tourist accommodation
     zone;
    Interchangeable use rights create uncertainty about housing supply with continued
     conversion from permanent to STA in the zones.
     Tourist Accommodation zone

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