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

7.4          Land Use and Administrative Definitions
Section 7 of the Planning Regulation 2017 requires that a local planning scheme may adopt only the
use terms and their meanings as listed within schedule 3 of the regulation. It cannot add new land
uses or modify land uses. Further if a planning scheme includes an administrative term from the
regulation it must assign the same meaning as that within schedule 4 of the regulation.
Accordingly a defined land use term such as “dwelling house” or “dual occupancy” or “multiple
dwelling” should become consistent throughout the state.
Likewise the definition of a “secondary dwelling” which is an administrative term for a component
part of a dwelling house should be consistent throughout the state.
A planning scheme may include administrative terms other than those within schedule 4 of the
regulation as long as they do not offend or change the effect of one of the State definitions.
The Noosa Plan 2020 allows for the following accommodation activities, noting that some are
intended to occupy permanent or semi-permanent residents21 and some short-term visitors (tourists
or travellers):

              Permanent residents                                  Visitors

              Caretaker’s accommodation                            Home-based business
              Community residence                                  Nature-based tourism
              Dual occupancy                                       Resort complex
              Dwelling house                                       Short-term accommodation
              Dwelling unit                                        Tourist park
              Multiple dwelling
              Relocatable home park
              Residential care facility
              Retirement facility
              Rooming accommodation
              Rural workers' accommodation


Within definitions there are sometimes specific inclusion of ancillary manager’s residence or staff or
support worker accommodation.
Some definitions, in isolation are difficult to comprehend. As an example, home-based business
means the use of a dwelling or domestic outbuilding on premises for a business activity that is
subordinate to the residential use of the premises. It specifically includes as an example offering bed
and breakfast accommodation. This is hosted accommodation provided while the host remains in
residence, not the use of a dwelling for short-term accommodation.
The following subsections are intended to unpack some of the definitions within the Noosa Plan 2020
and explain the difference between them.




21 While housing can be transitional in nature people who live here as their principal place of residence for at

least three consecutive months are generally considered as permanent.


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