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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                         and operated our business for approx. 7 years. We run a very professional company that is extremely
                         conscious of the impact badly run holiday homes can have on neighbours. Following the implementation
                         of the local laws inc 24/7 contact we feel the 'party house' situation has been resolved. Our guests are
                         looking for a more personalised experience and private holiday homes offers this service. Guests feel
                         more connected to the area by staying in residential suburbs.
                         The additional income that these guests bring to Noosa Shire cannot be forgotten and this helps create
                         jobs for our kids, families and local people living in the community. Cleaners, Gardeners, Tradies,
                         Property Managers, Bin services etc etc. If these restrictions are implemented, they will have a negative
                         effect on the Noosa Economy for locals.
 5791153                 Objects to severe restrictions that the Council is proposing to make to existing Short Term accommodation
                         in the tourist areas of Noosa.
                         Any property zoned low, medium high, within 1 km of Noosa main beach, Gympie Terrace, Sunshine
                         Main Beach, Tewantin Marina, should be zoned as a tourist zone, and anyone who buys or has already
                         bought in these areas would expect the activity that goes with that.
                         Stopping STA in these areas is going to affect local business, restaurants, shops, cleaners, hospitality
                         staff, tourism workers, which rely on fresh tourists willing to go out and spend money 7 days a week
                         enjoying all that Noosa has to offer.
                         Also where are people supposed to stay eg when the Noosa Marathon is on?
 5795040     23090674    I work for Niche Holidays Noosa as a Marketing Manager, a full-time position. I have recently bought a
                         house in the area and am about to have a baby. The current direction and future plans for shortterm
                         rentals will directly affect me, putting my job and my family's livelihood at serious risk.
                         Living in the area, I understand the need for local rentals. However, the black-or-white approach being
                         taken seems to create more issues than it resolves. At Niche, we primarily manage properties that would
                         not typically be available for permanent rental anyway, not many people can afford an at least $3000 rent
                         plus!
                         Rather than alleviating the housing crisis, this plan will likely result in job losses for locals in our industry,
                         as well as for restaurant staff and other related services.
 5793794     23092324    I am the owner of a business that caters to holiday makers, providing accommodation, and this is how we
                         make our money which we spend in town in restaurants, local shops, surf clubs, yoga studios, the nursery,
                         the golf club etc. Without tourism we all know that this brings employment for Noosa locals. My business
                         employs about 30 or so people and every one of them spends their money locally, just like I do. With a
                         severe reduction in income to our business, we will employ fewer people, and the local economy will of
                         course suffer. And this is without mentioning the allied services such as the laundry services, the
                         maintenance teams, electricians, plumbers etc that we use.
                         I am also one of many owners of a STA property. There are very few places in Australia that do not allow
                         one to rent their property to holiday makers. This allows people to use it themselves as well as earn an
                         income. When property owners cannot rent, they stay vacant – most will not put them on the permanent
                         rental market because permanent renters cannot afford the rent because these properties are in valuable
                         positions and will cost more than most locals can afford. The street in which I live has a lot of vacant
                         homes already (at least 50%) and at least when holiday makers are here, there is some life, lights and
                         laughter. They do not cause us any grief at all, and I often speak to these holiday people and give
                         directions or advice on where to eat and what to do if they ask. It’s nice. It’s not a burden.
                         Noosa has no industry other than tourism. We all love to have a choice of restaurants and shops to enjoy
                         from time to time but they will disappear without sufficient guests to make them survive. Why do you want
                         to kill the goose that laid the golden egg? There is no way that it will increase rental availability in Noosa
                         or Sunshine Beach – so why have a blanket approach – it will work in the cheaper areas perhaps but not
                         in the expensive ones. And there is no evidence to suggest your plan will work.
             23132317    Any modifications or restrictions on short term accommodation should only apply to properties purchased
                         after the associated regulations and amendments are approved.
             23145857    Noosa is a holiday destination, a tourist town. That is the main game in Noosa. Tourism is Noosa’s life
                         blood. That is how and why businesses have grown up and flourished in Noosa. It is not just another
                         residential suburb or industry hub or a quiet retirement village. It never was any of those things although
                         with the growth in population, all those aspects of a town have grown together with the tourist industry.
                         Amendment introduces new rules and complicates the existing residential landscape. It adversely impacts
                         property owners rights and limits the availability of tourist accommodation with practically no positive
                         impact on the affordable housing crisis.
                         Residential and tourist accommodation exist side by side and exclusively in countless other places around
                         Australia as it does in Noosa. Noosa Heads itself is and has always been a mixed zone and other areas
                         such as the Sound and Noosa Waters being are residential. Regulation about usage such as noise control
                         in the mixed areas is obviously necessary BUT leave tourism alone. Let the market determine whether
                         more or less short-term stays come on stream. That is how free enterprise works.


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