Year in Review 2022_23

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                    18 SEPTEMBER 2023




Housing Strategy
   •   Noosa Housing Strategy adopted December 2022 following community consultation on draft.
   •   High level of community interest and engagement.
   •   Housing Stakeholder Reference group established.
   •   Various information sheets published on website on ways to Keep Noosa Home, including
       detailed fact sheets on tiny homes, secondary dwellings etc.
   •   Information sharing with Community NFP sector including local churches who have local
       properties – resulted in serious interest / proposals from at least two churches.
   •   MOU with local Community Housing Provider resulting in them successfully securing State
       Grant money for capital investment in new Social Housing at Cooroy.
   •   State purchase of central Tewantin land for social housing, working in partnership with
       Council on planning and design process for these sites including scenario testing of inclusion
       of Council carparks within the outcome.

Short term accommodation & home hosted accommodation
   •   Establishment of a Short Stay team to administer Local Law and undertake compliance
       including 24/7 complaints hotline.
   •   12 month review of same.
   •   Comprehensive monitoring report submitted to Minister was well received by both State and
       LGAQ.
   •   Mayoral letter sent to Short Stay property owners encouraging them to lease properties to
       long term residents instead.
   •   Continued monitoring of the short-term accommodation.
   •   Tourist Accommodation zone review leading to drafting of planning scheme amendments.

Employment Lands
   •   Consultants engaged and have been working towards a final draft for review. The report will
       provide an update on employment land supply and demand for the Shire taking into
       consideration new trends and innovations in businesses and enterprise models.

State & Regional Planning
   •   Participation in meetings and providing data into the process to reflect what is important to
       Noosa.
   •   Contribution to SEQ Regional plan review process.

2022/23 Completed Projects

Kin Kin Wahpunga Lane Bridge Renewal
Noosa Council delivered the Wahpunga Lane Bridge Renewal as part of the Bridge Renewal
Program jointly funded by the Australian Government and Council. The $3M project replaced the
original timber bridge with a wider concrete single-lane bridge to meet current standards.
The new bridge has a 100-year design life and will reduce long-term maintenance and operational
costs.