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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 5808888                 I believe that the proposed amendments are not going to create any relief or benefits in regard to
                         affordable housing as this is a problem bigger than just rezoning. It is also not the job of council to be
                         involved in essentially caping prices of private property.
 5808887                 I object to the changes to the Community Facilities Zone to allow further residential development. These
                         locations should not be densified or used for this purpose. I object to the community residence changes,
                         the affordable housing changes (including increased site coverage, plot ratio and reduced landscaping)
                         and relocatable home parks. I believe this negatively impacts the character of our towns, particularly
                         Pomona.
             23109358    Allowing higher density will enable more building but it will more than likely be unaffordable for most
                         people. The area behind Gympie Terrace is expensive real estate and it is unlikely to help our workers
                         as the rents will be too high. Affordable housing – affordable for whom? Council should resist pressure
                         from the State Government.
                         Bonus development rights for 20% affordable housing will not alleviate any shortage of accommodation
                         but will be detrimental to the area.
 5808445                 I believe broader consultation and validated feasibility and impact studies are required to understand
                         where in Noosa it is economically viable for individuals and Developers to build more housing (including
                         affordable) given the underlying land values. My concern is several of the amendments will not fulfil their
                         desired intents because the existing land or property costs, especially in built-up key nodes simply means
                         redevelopment would not be commercially viable; and/or permanent rentals would still be unaffordable
                         for the residents these planning amendments seeks to serve.
 5800117     23109192    Councils and governments need to release land and give tax breaks to companies to build rental
                         accommodation.
                         Councils and governments need to build rental accommodation in their own right.
             23098611    The recent rezoning of Bottlebrush Ave to High Density Residential is a significant loss of privacy by new
                         4-storey buildings, which are apparently consistent with the current zoning. The street always served as
                         a long term rental accommodation with 2 story duplexes and small unit blocks. Recently two new
                         apartment blocks been built, with apartments selling between $1.5M and $2.7M - very unlikely "affordable"
                         for workers.
 5817144                 I would like to see the allowance of rural zoned areas to be subdivided. Plots of 20 acres will provide land
                         for more housing, yet still retaining the countryside feel.

 5818921                 We have reviewed the documentation and as residents of Noosa Shire who have struggled to get onto
                         the property ladder, we celebrate the changes that are being proposed via the Amendment No.2. They
                         are addressing the actual challenges in the Shire that affect a large proportion of young working families
                         and younger individuals who want to establish themselves here. They are the people who have relocated
                         here in the last 5 years and are working hard to make Noosa Shire better. They ride bikes, they live in
                         smaller homes, they work in the Shire and support local businesses rather than supermarket chains. The
                         changes will of course anger many older residents awho seem to only care of maintaining the status quo,
                         but its time for the Shire to evolve and reflect all of its residents’ needs, not just those who treat is as their
                         own private paradise and wish to keep it that way forever. "
             23145960    I understand the thrust in the planning amendments related to affordable housing and increased dwelling
                         capacity related to population projections. However I am concerned about two factors I see as roadblocks
                         to achieving related outcomes in what I would term the open market more affordable dwelling thrust as
                         distinct from the more specific defined affordable rental housing sphere:
                         With the under lying high land values in Noosa the blanket imposition in medium and high density zones
                         that 75% of the dwellings in a multiple housing development must be small dwellings and as such a
                         maximum of 75m2 GFA makes a high proportion of such potential open market developments
                         commercially nonviable- this imposition sits beside current borrowing cost, material cost, labour cost and
                         worker shortage pressures for developers.
                         There is a thrust to better exploit medium and high density zones with a view over time of redevelopment
                         of such sites. No doubt the forward plan envisages some factor of redevelopment on such older existing
                         sites. However the majority of such duplex and multiple dwelling existing dwellings are held as lots in
                         Community Title schemes. Although the legislation has changed, gaining a community approval (even
                         duplexes) to sell and cease a Title scheme for future development is a significant obstacle. Even if a
                         developer seeks to acquire all such lots in a complex by individual purchase transactions it is a
                         significantly more complex and time consuming process than a single lot transaction on non title scheme
                         land.
                         I have a downstream concern related to the above factors. I believe the medium and high density zone
                         provisions will not yield the dwelling volumes anticipated ( in the sense of more open market affordable
                         dwellings and carrying the desired population projections) and that there is a higher potential for State
                         pressure on Noosa Council to be exerted to allow dual occupancy in current low density residential zones.


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