2021-03-09 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     9 MARCH 2021


In an attempt to address these issues, Council resolved to take a two pronged approach by:
     regulating where short term accommodation is and isn’t appropriate;
     regulating the ongoing operation of short term accommodation to manage the impacts on
      residential amenity of permanent residents.
With the introduction of Noosa Plan 2020, short term accommodation is no longer a consistent
land use in the Low Density Residential zone. Short term accommodation is a consistent land use
in the Medium and High Density Residential zones requiring impact assessment.
Notwithstanding this, Noosa Plan 2020 can only address new short term accommodation
proposals. Properties currently operating short term accommodation, who can establish they have
a lawful existing use right to do so, can continue to operate short term accommodation.
To manage the ongoing effects of both existing and future short term accommodation, Council
proposed a second approach, being the introduction of a local law to regulate the approval of short
stay letting.
2.    First draft local law 2019
At its Special Meeting on 12 September 2019, Council resolved to publicly notify draft amendments
to its local laws to introduce a new prescribed activity for short stay letting being:
     Administration (Amendment) Local Law (No. 2) 2019
     Administration (Amendment) Subordinate Local Law (No. 2) 2019
The main purpose of the local law was to manage the ongoing operation of short stay letting
through requirements for a local contact management framework and code of conduct for guests.
A plain English version of the first draft local law 2019 requirements is outlined in Attachment 5.
2.1   Consultation and public notification on first draft local law 2019
Public notification on first draft local law 2019
The first draft local law was placed on public notification for just over 3 weeks from 18 October to
11 November 2019 concurrently with the revised draft of Noosa Plan 2020.
574 written submission were received which identified a range of issues relevant to both the draft
local law and the draft Noosa Plan 2020.
The submissions raised numerous issues for further consideration in a revised version of the draft
local law. The key issues have resulted in a number of proposed changes outlined in Attachment
6 and summarised in section 2.5 of this report.
Stakeholder consultation on first draft local law 2019
A stakeholder reference group consisting of approximately 32 real estate agents and property
managers was held during the public consultation period for the draft Noosa Plan. This group
provided a substantial amount of feedback on the planning scheme with regard to short term
accommodation and made suggestions on how the issues associated with short stay letting could
be better managed.
From this meeting, a smaller group of short stay letting agents were nominated to continue to work
with Council officers on how best to manage the issues associated with short term letting. Council
officers met with this smaller group of representatives on four occasions.
Local government consultation on first draft local law 2019
Consultation was undertaken with several local governments with similar approaches to dealing
with short stay letting. In particular, the approaches undertaken by Mornington Peninsula Shire
Council, Gold Coast City Council and the Whitsunday Regional Council informed the first draft local
law.



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