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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                         Changing Bermuda Villas from Short term accommodation to high residential may mean that less units
                         are in the letting pool. This will impact the on-going onsite management of our property and thus make it
                         difficult to maintain the standard of the buildings and surrounds. One only has to look at other BLOCKS
                         of Units nearby with High Residential Occupancy and NO ON-site Resident manager to see the standard
                         of care and maintenance diminishes.
                         Bermuda Villas should be maintained as short term letting because of its long history as TOURIST
                         Accommodation. Bermuda Villas have been well managed and maintained since it was built. It offers
                         affordable tourist accommodation compared with Hastings Street.
                         The availability and close proximity to PUBLIC Transport is another reason Bermuda Villas should be
                         maintained as tourist accommodation and NOT residential. Together with many guests at Bermuda Villas,
                         we fly to the Sunshine Coast from Victoria and use public transport to get here. We do NOT drive a car.
                         Instead we walk and access public transport to get around. Changing Bermuda Villas to high residential
                         is likely to increase the number of cars within the area.
                         Changing our Unit (Unit4) and all the other 14 units at Bermuda Villas into permanent residency will
                         ONLY increase the congestion.
                         Our Unit provides a boost to the Noosa economy.
                         Affordable High Residential Housing should be built elsewhere.
 5807615                 Owner of a unit at Bermuda Villas, 7 Howard Street, says proposed amendments to the HDRZ including
                         Howard Street Noosaville are not likely to result in increased availability of low-cost housing and may in
                         fact have an adverse affect on housing supply in the Noosaville area.
                         We are owners in a multi-lot development that has a mix of holiday and permanent letting. The proposed
                         changes to the zoning would discourage permanent letting, as such an arrangement may see the
                         termination of existing-use rights. Giving property owners the flexibility to vary letting arrangements
                         between long and short term periods increases the housing stock available for rent. By threatening to
                         remove existing-use rights, property owners will no longer make their properties available for permanent
                         letting.
                         Additionally, it is not realistic to propose the development of low-cost housing in a precinct where land
                         values have risen to as much as $10,000 per m2 in recent sales. Clearly, it is not feasible for potential
                         developers to make a return on a low-cost housing scheme with attributable land values being so high.
                         It is far more practical to identify land parcels on the Noosaville fringes where affordable and sustainable
                         low-cost housing can be constructed. We would caution the Noosa Council from making planning
                         decisions that are likely to exacerbate the housing shortage and leave only high-cost rental
                         accommodation available.
 5808049                 The rezoning of 1–15 Howard Street and 162–168 Noosa Parade Noosaville as part of the proposed
                         amendment to the Noosa Plan 2020 will be very unlikely to address the Noosa Council’s housing strategy
                         of making provision for long term security of housing and to improve housing affordability for residents of
                         Noosa Shire.
                         The value of both land and properties in Howard Street and along Noosa Parade have increased
                         significantly in recent years. Given the high prices these properties would demand, it would not be
                         economically viable for developers to purchase and redevelop these properties into high density
                         apartments or small units or studios that could be purchased at an affordable price.
                         Current property owners affected by this proposal would be singled out and put at significant financial
                         disadvantage when compared with other property owners within the same tourist precinct bounded by
                         Howard Street, Noosa Parade, Weyba Road and Gympie Terrace, who are not affected by this proposed
                         amendment. The number of properties included in this proposal is relatively small and will not make a
                         significant impact on improving long term accommodation for residents of Noosa Shire.
                         Tourists are the lifeblood of the Noosa Shire and make a significant contribution to the financial health of
                         the Shire and the viability of local businesses. It would therefore seem desirable to retain the current
                         tourist accommodation options. Instead, we would encourage the Council to plan to build long term and
                         affordable housing along many of the current bus routes to ensure future residents have access to reliable
                         transport to be able to access medical services, shopping facilities and social networks.
 5747983                 Concerned existing Holiday Accommodation is being eroded for the sake of permanent accommodation.              Owners of self-contained units within resorts such as Noosa Keys have been able to use units for either     That no change to the proposed
                         Specifically well-established holiday accommodations for at least 20 – 30 years (Bermuda Holiday               permanent or short term occupation for years and could continue to irrespective of the zoning. These        amendments be made as a result
                         Apartments, Noosa Keys Resort).                                                                                interchangeable use rights have always impacted onsite management letting pools with properties moving      of this submission
                         Changing this area from Tourist Accommodation Zone to High Density Residential Zone will destroy               from STA into permanent and vice versa depending on the owners’ intentions.
                         valuable tourist destinations (the main income stream in Noosa), and destroy resort managers                   Units within long established resorts have become increasingly popular homes for retiree owners who
                         businesses, rendering their management rights worthless.                                                       want low maintenance properties in high amenity locations. Submitters are probably correct in suggesting
                         It will have a negative effect on Gympie Terrace businesses. Permanent residents do not hire jet ski's,        they are less likely to transition to permanent rentals.
                         small boats, BBQ pontoons, SUP Boards from the river vendors, and they hardly ever dine out in the             The residential vacancy rate has actually increased in Noosaville since March and at June there were
                         restaurants.                                                                                                   reportedly 29 vacancies (3.8%) according to SQM Research.
                         There are very few businesses in Noosaville that do not rely on Tourists and if there are no places for        Between the former Noosa Plan 2006 and current Noosa Plan 2020, the Tourist Accommodation zone,
                         tourists to stay tourism in Noosa will cease.                                                                  where the focus is for visitor accommodation and tourism uses, grew extensively by 47.47 ha. This
                                                                                                                                        effectively shifted land that was previously zoned residential to tourism, overall reducing land that was
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Table of Submissions made regarding Noosa Plan 2020 Proposed Amendment No. 2, 2024