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 laneway from Thomas Street is already stretched in coping with demand for commercial leases                 in Noosa Plan 2020. In all of these zones, mixed use development with day time and evening uses were
                          needing service deliveries and parking. The noise generated by large articulated trucks manoeuvring in          supported.
                          the confined space from 5-6 am is most annoying for the adjacent residents who put up with garbage              The proposed inclusion of the rear portion of 207 Gympie Terrace in the High Density Residential zone
                          trucks and refrigerated trucks with motors running for extended periods. This small lane must not be            adjoining Twin Quays is for the purpose of residential development.
                          allowed to accept additional traffic if linked to the service station site.
                          A number of individual free standing house sites were amalgamated to permit development of Twin Quays
                          many years ago, so a consistent residential scale and character has been maintained along Albert Street.
                          That the western side of the Twin Quays site now abuts a more active day/night activity zone with
                          attendant noise should be carefully monitored to preserve residential amenity for the long-suffering
                          neighbours in Albert Street.
5782405                   I wish to provide my support for the plan amendments on Thomas Street, allowing mixed use residential           Support for the proposed zone change in Thomas Street to District Centre zone is noted.                         That no change be made to
                          and commercial.                                                                                                 The amendments propose to both rezone land from Tourist Accommodation zone to High Density                      proposed amendments as a
                          I would also like to express my opposition to the increase in tourist accommodation along Gympie Terrace.       Residential zone and also rezone certain land sue for tourist accommodation from Medium Density                 result of this submission
                          My preference is to allow mixed use from Russell Street to James Street.                                        Residential to Tourist Accommodation zone. Gympie Terrace has key location for mixed use development
                                                                                                                                          which is not proposed to change under the proposed amendments. It’s not considered appropriate for
                                                                                                                                          mixed use from Russell Street through to James Street as these areas are predominantly residential in
                                                                                                                                          nature.


1.3. The Islander Resort, 185 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville
 Your Say     ECM           Submitter comments                                                                                            Response                                                                                                         Recommendation
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              23075053      The Islander Noosa CTS 32252 scheme is mixed use with both residential and short stay let consistent          A split zoning over the Islander Resort has been previously applied. The former Noosa Plan 2006 had a            That a change be made to the
                            use. Was built as a resort and always operated as a holiday resort with dwellings for permanent               split zoning over The Islander Resort, with the commercial properties fronting Gympie Tce and Thomas St          proposed      amendments     to
              23101612      residents (live in owners or tenants) as a consistent use in the Tourist Accommodation Zone and the           being in a Visitor Mixed Use zone and the balance of the property being in the Attached housing zone.            remove Lots 20-28 GTP2026
              23098662      original Development Approval.                                                                                The current approval on the site allows for both short term accommodation and permanent occupation. The          and Lots 1-3 GTP 2743 fronting
                            A redevelopment, while not impossible, is naïve given that amongst the 17 Commercial Lots along               proposed amendments do not affect existing use rights and approvals and both uses can continue despite           Gympie Terrace at 185 Gympie
                            Thomas Street and Gympie Terrace there exists common property areas; shared infrastructure (toilets,          the proposed amendments.                                                                                         Terrace be removed from the
                            pathways, bin bays) and security gated access that cannot be redeveloped without all owners voting at                                                                                                                          proposed District Centre zone
                                                                                                                                          On review of the extent of the “Mainstreet Precinct” and proposed District Centre zone and in response to        and Mainstreet Precinct and
                            an AGM. Also, Lot 24, a commercial lot along Gympie Terrace is designated as a residential Lot through        the submission, it is proposed to remove the District Centre zone from the lots in The Islander Resort
                            the State legislation of management rights. All the rezoning amendments do is add another level of                                                                                                                             remain     in    the    Tourist
                                                                                                                                          fronting Gympie Tce. These lots are more associated to and linked with the resort and tourist                    Accommodation zone.
                            complexity to the Scheme.                                                                                     accommodation use of the site and have limited scope for redevelopment and should therefore remain in
                            One of the purposes of the amendments was to protect resident amenity in residential zones so it is           the Tourist Accommodation zone.
                            curious that the amendments also seek to introduce residential into a development zoned Tourism by            The 5 lots fronting Thomas Street are recommended to remain in the District Centre zone and within the           It is recommended Lots 1-5
                            proposing a move to the District Zone, which as a corollary seems to encourage and welcome residents          Mainstreet Precinct as proposed.                                                                                 GTP2026 fronting Thomas Street
                            in Tourism zones and further confound the applicability of the short stay let law on purpose-built resorts.                                                                                                                    at 185 Gympie Terrace remain in
                                                                                                                                          This is based on Thomas Street and only part of Gympie Tce being the primary Mainstreet and commercial           the District Centre zone and
                            Rezoning to split the commercial from the residential will recreate the scenario that existed before          focus, and these 5 lots have the potential to redevelop in the future given their age and separation from the
                            amalgamation with consequences to devalue property and poor community reputation.                                                                                                                                              Mainstreet precinct as proposed
                                                                                                                                          main resort (subject to body corporate and Council approval). These lots form a significant part of the          by the amendments; and
                            As resort is a CMS and subject to Body Corporate and Community Management legislation, any notion             commercial mainstreet environment. There are recent examples where individual lots within a body
                            of a redevelopment (loosely mentioned by the amendment) is subject to a hierarchy of state government         corporate scheme have independently redeveloped due to the age of the building.
                            overlays. So why bother to rezone given the consistent use under the Tourist Zone and the Scheme’s            Whilst the current approval allows for both short term accommodation and permanent occupancy, the intent
                            existing use of holiday / short stay letting and permanent resident housing.                                  is that future development within Thomas Street be for permanent dwellings. Any claims for existing use
                            The current development approvals enable short term and permanent resident housing within The                 rights based on the current approval and short-term accommodation use would be considered at the
                            Islander Noosa Resort, as this is a consistent use under the Tourist Accommodation Zone. Therefore,           development application stage, should these sites redevelop.
                            the amendment proposed to rezone commercial lots as District Zone to increase appeal to attract
                            permanent letting vs short stay tourism is redundant.
                            These past 4 years, since the introduction of the SSL Local Law, we have either read or experienced
                            firsthand the confusion, chaos, angst and legality with ‘existing right usage’. It is in our opinion,
                            unreasonable and untenable that Noosa Council place the 17 Dual Commercial/ Residential Lot Owners
                            at The Islander in this position where 10 years down the track they may have to apply to Noosa Council
                            or the State to prove existing rights and incur rework and resources such as time, cost and stress
                            (particularly when there is minimal gain given the provisions for residential housing or short stay letting
                            allowed in the current zoning).
                            The Islander Noosa is mixed use with residential and short stay letting as consistent use. Therefore,
                            housing diversity and Tourism have coexisted at the Scheme since inception and already achieve some
                            of the Noosa Plan 2020 targets.
                            The resort is close to 35 years old, and renovations are now critical with buildings experiencing obvious
                            problems such as leaks etc. that come with aging. Some dual commercial / residential Lot Owners have
                            advised their intention or already refurbished to a deluxe level rather than a standard level to
                            successfully achieve the resort standard for a unit for tourism visitors and short stay letting.
                            The residential over the commercial lots have river views or are within walking distance of Noosa River
                            and shopping centres. The size is best suited to a maximum 2-bedroom unit. The commercial lots are
                            already built to the 3 levels approved under the Plan and there can be no development of adding floor

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