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Christmas joy in convoy Hundreds gathered at Peregian Beach on Monday afternoon to see Santa who joined council and the emergency services as they kicked off the 2024 Connecting Noosa Christmas Convoy. Continued page 2
The Christmas Convoy gets set to spread some Christmas cheer. (Rob Maccoll)
Debate deferred For about three hours last week Noosa Councillors debated amendments proposed for its Noosa Plan 2020 before adjourning to allow more time for consideration, with the meeting to be resumed this Thursday 12 December at 9am. Live music and business hours in the Noosa Junction hospitality precinct, the dwellings types including single houses and dual occupancies to be allowed in medium density zones and changes to tourism zones were among issues that most fuelled the debate. The challenge for staff was to meet the state government’s SEQ plan dwelling targets and
maintain the Noosa lifestyle and character demanded by residents. After passing state government approval in April 2024 the amendments, that had been made a year earlier as a result of recommendations from the Short Term Accommodation Monitoring Report 2022 and Noosa Housing Strategy 2022, were released for community consultation. Council received 475 submissions including an online petition with 600 signatories. Council staff considered all submissions from which they identified 10 key issue areas and made 18 changes to the amendments.
The key issues identified in the public submissions were: 1. Noosa Junction Hospitality Precinct - hours of operation extension and amplified music definition. 2. Noosa Business Centre. 3. Short term accommodation as an inconsistent use in Medium and High Density Residential and Centres zones. 4. Tourist Accommodation zone review - specific sites proposed to be rezoned. 5. Dwelling Houses becoming inconsistent in
Medium and High Density Residential zones. 6. Size of Small Dwellings. 7. Mandatory small dwellings in the Medium and High Density Residential Zones and dual occupancy becoming inconsistent in Medium Density Residential zones on lots 600sqm or greater. 8. Affordable Rental Premises and associated bonus provisions, including building height. 9. Environmental Conservation and Management zone and setbacks. Continued page 3
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