2021-12-13 GC Agenda - Item 8 -Attachment 1 - Housing Needs Assessment

Private developers can also do build-to-rent projects, but they have not been common. Proximity to
a university or hospital might be an incentive. In Noosa, this type of project would be beneficial at
Noosa Junction or the Noosa Business Centre. There is no guarantee it is affordable for low to middle
income earners however with public sector or community sector partnerships chances are increased.
17.2.5             Underutilised Council or State owned land.
Despite the limited urban growth potential in Noosa Shire, and the lack of undeveloped land, there
may be publicly owned land capable of supporting residential development, whether long term or
just temporarily.
         Fremantle Council has embarked on a project that takes advantage of surplus state
         government land to provide housing to homeless women aged 55 and over. The ‘My Home’
         proposal involves the construction of 18 self-contained single bedroom units on vacant land
         that is currently part of a railway reserve. With a proposed life of 15 years, the development
         is considered an ‘interim use’, utilising lightweight flat pack construction that would allow for
         the removal of the units if and when the land is required for its reserved purpose.
Council has responsibility for various parcels of urban land, including freehold lots, unallocated State
land for which Council is trustee and unformed road reserves. Some of these may offer potential for
the development of housing either as a short-term or transitional offering or more permanent
developments. The State also holds various parcels of unallocated lands or reserves which have not
been committed to a particular purpose. Some of these are currently the subject of native title claims.
Table 42 provides a very preliminary assessment and summary of these sites and potential for
housing to be considered, however more detailed analysis and land assessment would be required
before progressing.
Table 42 Council and State owned lands put forward as having potential for housing


 Property              Tenure                 Possibilities                     Logistics & Challenges

 Sites considered to have more viable prospects

 Carparks on Lots      Freehold land held     Potential for either housing      Would require preliminary design
 2, 33 and 904         by Noosa Council       above ground level                and feasibility study.
 within Tewantin                              carparking or a decked
 CBD                                          carpark with a separate
                                              block of micro units.

 Carpark at 18-40      Council owned          Small attached (micro)            Requires preliminary design and
 Bottlebrush Av        freehold               apartments for key workers,       feasibility study.
 Noosa Heads                                  in conjunction with housing
                                                                                Provision of parking would be a
 Total of                                                                       challenge. Likely to be
 6,163.75m2                                                                     considerable disruption during
                                                                                construction phase.

 30 – 32 Toulambi      Council owned          Partner with a service            Assess biodiversity values and
 St Noosa Heads        freehold               provider to build and             physical constraints. Likely loss
 approx 400m to                               manage Rooming                    of mature and semi-mature
 Noosa Junction                               Accommodation (5 bedroom          native species including koala
                                              share house) for key              food trees.
 Each lot is
                                              workers.
 789.35m2                                                                       Neighbours will assume it is
                                              Maintain park access but          parkland, but only one adjoining
                                              realign pathway and do            neighbour.
                                              boundary realignment to
                                              create a larger usable site at
                                              #30.




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