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

 Property            Tenure               Possibilities                   Logistics & Challenges

 Lot 15 SP177649     Council owned        Large enough site for wide      Outside the SEQRP Urban
 Cooyar St Noosa     freehold             cross sections of residents.    footprint and change to an urban
 Heads                                    Relocatable home park or        zone only at State’s agreement.
                                          residential care or small       Two communication leases
                                          multiple dwellings.             (Telstra and Optus) are
                                                                          registered on title. Unitywater
                                                                          easement on title.

 8-18 Sapphire St    Mix of freehold      Space off both Sapphire St      Drainage constraints through the
 plus adjoining      land owned by        and Kauri St possibly           middle. Further detail on extent
 unformed road       Noosa Council        suitable for temporary or       of flood risk necessary. Might
 reserve, Cooroy     and freehold land    relocatable housing             need amenities State parcels will
                     owned by                                             be subject to Native Title.
                     Department of                                        Permanent road closure would
                     Transport                                            be needed if using the road
                                                                          reserve.

 Creek Street        Council owned        Despite sites being very        Flood free access will be
 Pomona              freehold land        constrained there’s an area     challenging. Creek Street is an
                                          of up to 4000m2 behind          unformed road and is 80-90%
                                          Reserve St houses that          vegetated, requiring substantial
                                          could accommodate some          clearing to construct practical
                                          temporary or relocatable        access. Some type of culvert
                                          housing                         restricts access from Rifle Street.

 62 Lake             Council owned        Part of site could be           Few topographical challenges.
 Macdonald Drive     freehold land        developed for small
                                                                          Essential Council first evaluate
 Cooroy                                   detached houses or similar,
                                                                          future burial needs, given land
                                          maybe mixed with semi-
                                                                          was purchased for cemetery
                                          attached.
                                                                          expansion
                                          Some level of investigation
                                          already done.

 Sites considered to have less viable prospects

 Pear Tree Lane,     Department of        Mapped for urban growth for     Subject to a Native Title claim.
 Cooroy              Resources            decades. Zoned for medium       Not an easy walk to town centre.
                     dedicated            density housing – could         Some topographical challenges.
                     Reserve for          have potential for integrated   Heavily vegetated and relies on
                     Strategic Land       residential care or special     extensive clearing. Very unlikely
                     Management           needs housing, however          it will be a mainstream State
                     purposes             inclusion of Indigenous         housing project and more likely it
                                          housing considered most         will be sold to the private sector
                                          positive option.                eventually developed for
                                                                          residential development in the
                                                                          long term.

 Lot 33              Freehold land held   Potential scope for some        Partly vegetated. Linear shape of
 RP148022,           by Department of     relocatable or temporary tiny   the lot makes it awkward for
 Butler St           Transport            houses, particularly on south   development.
 Tewantin                                 western half.
                                                                          Many neighbours who would
                                                                          consider it to be private parkland.

 Previous TAFE       State Government     The subject of an EOI           Considerable remodelling of
 site at 24 Cooroy                        process. Existing buildings     existing buildings would be
                                          on site could be utilised for   necessary.
                                          something such as rooming


Noosa Housing Needs Assessment 2021                                                                 Page 128