NOOSA PLAN 2020 PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2 - POST PUBLIC NOTIFICATION FOR FINAL STATE GOVERNMENT MINISTERIAL APPROVAL · Attachment 1 Table of submissions

 Your Say    ECM         Submitter comments                                                                                                    Response   Recommendation
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                         The recent amendment 2, fact sheet 12 states proposals to make the precinct both louder and for longer
                         into the night, every night... Why
                         would you propose this when you know so many locals are already being affected by this unwanted noise
                         pollution?
                         Please do not allow either of these 2 proposals (extension to midnight and amplified music) to be
                         approved.
 5804939                 For several years now, the noise coming from Noosa Junction bars, clubs and niche restaurants has
                         steadily got worse, at all times of the week, as well as the weekends, and well into the night. This noise
                         is from both drunken partygoers shouting, but mainly from persistent very loud outside music. ALL
                         residents that live close by, but mainly those living on Banksia Avenue are being affected by this noise.
                         When I read Fact Sheet 12, proposed amendment 2 to 2020 Noosa Plan I was expecting council to
                         implement restrictions to businesses as there have been so many complaints about this noise. Instead,
                         with amazement, I read that your planning to relax the rules further by extending trading hours to midnight,
                         7 days a week, and allowing for even louder amplified recorded music!
                         As well as being utterly amazed, I am really angry that you would further discriminate against the majority
                         of residents in favour of a small minority of businesses.
             23094948    I strongly object to the proposed amendment to AO11.2 to permit food and drink outlets within the Noosa
                         Junction Hospitality Precinct to operate to 12 midnight 7 days per week.
                         The main reason is that noise from these outlets carries a long way at night and keeps many people
                         awake.
                         I live approximately 300 metres from the main cluster of restaurants and bars in Noosa Junction (direct
                         line, through other houses) and I am already regularly kept awake by noise.
                         Currently on weekdays, when I go to bed, I can usually get to sleep because if there is noise I know it will
                         shortly finish (at 10pm). At the weekend getting to sleep is much harder because the noise is not just
                         about to finish and can seem endless. The worst is when I do manage to get to sleep but then woken up
                         again by it. Once woken, it can be really hard to get back to sleep with the music still going. I regularly
                         have to sleep with earplugs in - in my own bed, in my own bedroom - and I'm not even a particularly light
                         sleeper!
                         I do not think it is fair that a few businesses, and their few patrons, disturb the peace for so many other
                         people. Just recently a food outlet in Arcadia Street played DJ music late on a Monday night (approx.
                         10pm to 11pm). In the surrounding area several hundred people in their beds would have had to listen to
                         it.
                         The most problematic noise is amplified music from venues however late opening also seems to attract
                         other types of intrusive noise (partying, shouting, fighting, revving bike and car engines, burnouts etc).
                         Quite often Noosa Junction doesn't sound safe or pleasant at night.
                         Please, for the sake of the local residents, please do not approve the amendment to extend the weekend
                         problem to be all week.
 5793706                 My submission is in relation to the proposed Amendments to AO 11.2 to permit Food and drink outlets in
                         Noosa Junction to operate to 12 midnight 7 days per week. The submission also relates to proposed
                         amendments to the definitions of amplified music.
                         There appears to be an underlining emphasis in the changes to the Noosa Plan of maintaining or
                         improving the 'amenity' of living in Noosa for residents. Noosa Junction generally has good 'amenity' for
                         residents but the recent (and proposed future) emphasis on the Junction as Noosa's main Hospitality
                         Precinct has significant potential to reduce 'amenity' for nearby residents. Over recent times there have
                         been many incidents of loud music disturbance for nearby residents (including myself) from several
                         venues in the Junction, drunken yelling, swearing and shouting plus 'hooning' activities later at night along
                         Sunshine Beach Road. On weekends, the later opening venues are not used by nearby locals but mainly
                         young people who have travelled some distance to 'party'. The Council and to a lesser extent local Police
                         seem limited in their ability to control unacceptable behaviours by venue owners, customers and late night
                         visitors. Many local (to the Junction) residents live there because it is conveniently located to the
                         businesses activities of the Junction while still being a quiet and leafy area. Council is at risk of significantly
                         affecting the 'amenity' of local residents the more they push the Hospitality Precinct aspect of the Junction
                         - it has a feel of 'lets consolidate all the late night party activities in the one area and to hell with local
                         residents amenity'.
                         There should be no justification for expanding the operating hours of food and drink outlets, particularly if
                         amplified music is allowed, to the detriment of local residents.
                         The problem with noise issues is they rely on a complaints process which rarely brings any satisfaction
                         to the person/s affected - it's far better not to allow the problem to develop in the first place.
                         My feedback is that the proposed amendments to AO 11.2 to allow food and drink outlets in Noosa
                         Junction to operate to 12 midnight 7 days per week not go ahead. Council should instead look at ways of
                         ensuring the current regulations that cover the Hospitality Precinct are adhered to the benefit of local
                         residents.

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Table of Submissions made regarding Noosa Plan 2020 Proposed Amendment No. 2, 2024