PM Submission - Alan & Karel Beech - MCU17/002.02

Submission: Noosa Short Term Accommodation in a Residential Locality
In this submission we will present evidence to support the case that Short Term Holiday
Accommodation in a Residential area is not compatible with maintaining residential amenity. This
submission relies on personal experience. We have lived at 20 Elizabeth Street for 27 years. The
adjoining Duplex Unit at 2/22 Elizabeth Street has been used as a "Holiday Rental" since purchased
in November 2019 by a Melbourne based owner and is managed by Noosa Holiday Rentals. The
"Holiday Duplex" can be seen on their website: noosaholidayrentals.com.au

The     area   is   dominantly   residential   and   occupied   by   Permanent   Residents.   The   holiday
accommodation at Regatta and Colonial Resorts has on-site managers, faces toward Gympie Terrace
and is buffered from adjoining residents of Elizabeth Street by buildings and carparking area. We
have never been disturbed by them. Some of the Units in these Resorts are Holiday let though many
are occupied by Permanent Resident Owners who provide additional vetting of rentals. The outside
dining area and pool of Unit 2/22 Elizabeth is located between 2 and 4 m from our bedroom. Picture
1: Aerial View

History

The Duplex was built in about 2008. The Units were mirror-images of each other except that Unit 1
had a double lock-up garage and Unit 2 had a single lock-up garage and adjoining carport. They
were initially owner occupied. Unit 1 has been leased to a quiet couple and their daughter now aged
eight since July 2017. Unit 2 has for the last few years been owned and used by Victorian based
owners as their private family holiday house with occupancy of a few weeks per year.

The units were designed for four or less people.           When initially built they had 3 bedrooms, 2
bathrooms, office and 2 carparks. Unit 1 remains as built. See Picture 2: Unit 1 description, original
layout

Unit 2 has been extensively altered to maximise bed numbers. It is advertised as "Sleeps Nine (9) in
four (4) bedrooms". There are now three (3) bathrooms and the carport has been enclosed and is
designated as a store-room. That leaves one (1) car-space. If a second car parks in the driveway it
blocks the garage. See Picture 3: Floorplan Unit 2 as built 2010, and Picture 4: Floorplan Unit 2,
2021.

Attachment 1 is the advertising spiel from Noosa Holiday Rentals.           There is a Note toward the
bottom of the page that says "Weddings, parties, functions or schoolies are not permitted", nor is
smoking permitted anywhere in this property including the balcony or the pool area".           Our eastern
windows overlook the "private north facing salt water pool" area and we have heard and seen
parties and schoolies and observed and smelled smoking on the balcony, pool and dining area. We
have also heard the cacophony of eleven occupants, 6 adults and 5 children. They came in three
vehicles, one parked in the driveway, the other two parked in the street. The office hours of Noosa
Holiday Rentals are 08:30 am to 5:00 pm. It is clear that vetting of type and number of occupants is
not possible when the bookings are made on-line and no physical checks are made. I rang Noosa
Holiday Rentals during the day on 30 April 2021 and after answering recorded questions by keypad, I
spoke with a lady located in Byron Bay who connected me to Jemma in Noosa. I told Jemma about
the 11 occupants and ruckus they were creating. She said there couldn't be eleven because they