In short; Noosa Council has a long history of planning and consulting the community to get the plans right. Unfortunately, it also has a history of ignoring the implementation of the last plan when it moves on to the next
As we begin debating the so-called Destination Management Plan, which arguably should be called the Resident Liveability Plan, I want to challenge some long-held assumptions. When thinking about the impacts of tourism, many people and most stakeholders focus on the
The aesthetic look and feel of Noosa could be permanently destroyed and the Noosa planning scheme effectively neutered if two large development applications are given the go-ahead – one of them being potentially the biggest unit development ever presented as
A high-stakes game of Monopoly that could lead to Noosa becoming just another high-rise hotspot like Maroochydore or Surfers Paradise is well underway. The game kicked off some weeks ago when a local property developer rolled the dice in a bid to win a massive jackpot. As you will already know unless you’ve spent the last month spelunking in
A development application lodged more than four years ago for a commercial car wash in Cooroy has now been approved. The automated car wash, designed to cater for four-wheel drives, RVs and caravans, will be located between the two petrol
There are few more incendiary questions to ask in Noosa than this one: do we need to develop upwards – even a little bit – and if we do, is there a long term cost to the Noosa we have
Every Noosa survey tells us that road congestion is one of our most pressing and annoying issues, and every so often an event comes along to turbo-charge the problem. The last such event was Covid. It flipped the switch on
Noosa Council has hit the ‘reset’ button on two key issues; the plan to update the much-loved foreshore at Noosaville and the long-term strategy to better protect and improve the Noosa River. Both go back to the drawing board for
For most of Noosa, our Council staff and – fortunately – a majority of our Councillors, the Noosa Plan is a pretty big deal. It’s our blueprint – a contract between the Council and residents – for the kind of
Noosa’s leading conservation group – NPA – has given its verdict on the changes to the Noosa Plan now out for public consultation. And like the proverbial curate’s egg, they say it’s good in parts, bad in others. While supporting
In short; Noosa Council has a long history of planning and consulting the community to get the plans right. Unfortunately, it also has a history of ignoring the implementation of the last plan when it moves on to the next
As we begin debating the so-called Destination Management Plan, which arguably should be called the Resident Liveability Plan, I want to challenge some long-held assumptions. When thinking about the impacts of tourism, many people and most stakeholders focus on the
The aesthetic look and feel of Noosa could be permanently destroyed and the Noosa planning scheme effectively neutered if two large development applications are given the go-ahead – one of them being potentially the biggest unit development ever presented as
A high-stakes game of Monopoly that could lead to Noosa becoming just another high-rise hotspot like Maroochydore or Surfers Paradise is well underway. The game kicked off some weeks ago when a local property developer rolled the dice in a bid to win a massive jackpot. As you will already know unless you’ve spent the last month spelunking in
A development application lodged more than four years ago for a commercial car wash in Cooroy has now been approved. The automated car wash, designed to cater for four-wheel drives, RVs and caravans, will be located between the two petrol
There are few more incendiary questions to ask in Noosa than this one: do we need to develop upwards – even a little bit – and if we do, is there a long term cost to the Noosa we have
Every Noosa survey tells us that road congestion is one of our most pressing and annoying issues, and every so often an event comes along to turbo-charge the problem. The last such event was Covid. It flipped the switch on
Noosa Council has hit the ‘reset’ button on two key issues; the plan to update the much-loved foreshore at Noosaville and the long-term strategy to better protect and improve the Noosa River. Both go back to the drawing board for
For most of Noosa, our Council staff and – fortunately – a majority of our Councillors, the Noosa Plan is a pretty big deal. It’s our blueprint – a contract between the Council and residents – for the kind of
Noosa’s leading conservation group – NPA – has given its verdict on the changes to the Noosa Plan now out for public consultation. And like the proverbial curate’s egg, they say it’s good in parts, bad in others. While supporting