If social media was any guide, the hot topic item on Noosa Council’s recent round of meetings was to be the 12-month review of its local law on short-term accommodation (STA). But there were no fireworks, no dramas – simply
A COUNCIL decision to approve a whole-of-property short-term accommodation (STA) operation in a rural residential zone has potentially opened the door to STA proliferation across Noosa’s hinterland, a councillor has claimed. The 1.9-hectare property on Sunrise Rd, Tinbeerwah, is also
I suspect that if you could eavesdrop on just about any ‘where are we headed’ conversation around Noosa, you would hear concern and maybe some questions about whether our local leadership is up to the task that confronts it. Overcrowding
The last Noosa Council Ordinary Meeting gave us some intriguing insights into the way some Councillors appear to be voting on political ideology rather than due process. The telling moment came when they voted on the Council Staff’s recommendation to
The impact of ‘people power’ was in stark evidence on Tuesday at Noosa Council chambers when a unique local produce and coffee outlet located outside Cooroy was given a reprieve. A retrospective application by Bus Stop Espresso, operating under ‘roadside
AN APPLICATION for a material change of use (MCU) for a popular coffee vendor/local produce outlet on Cooroy’s town fringe has received qualified support from Noosa councillors, despite a staff recommendation to refuse it. Bus Stop Espresso on Mary River
WHILE most Noosa Council Ordinary Meetings (OM) are primarily rubber-stampings of decisions voted in the previous Monday’s General Committee (GC), there can at times be extended debate on seemingly unresolved issues. An item in the GC of January 20 concerned
AN APPLICATION to gain short-term accommodation (STA) status for two units in a dual-occupancy property in Noosa Heads has been narrowly voted down at Noosa Council. The Angler St site, off Viewland Drive, sits in a medium-density residential neighbourhood that
If social media was any guide, the hot topic item on Noosa Council’s recent round of meetings was to be the 12-month review of its local law on short-term accommodation (STA). But there were no fireworks, no dramas – simply
A COUNCIL decision to approve a whole-of-property short-term accommodation (STA) operation in a rural residential zone has potentially opened the door to STA proliferation across Noosa’s hinterland, a councillor has claimed. The 1.9-hectare property on Sunrise Rd, Tinbeerwah, is also
I suspect that if you could eavesdrop on just about any ‘where are we headed’ conversation around Noosa, you would hear concern and maybe some questions about whether our local leadership is up to the task that confronts it. Overcrowding
The last Noosa Council Ordinary Meeting gave us some intriguing insights into the way some Councillors appear to be voting on political ideology rather than due process. The telling moment came when they voted on the Council Staff’s recommendation to
The impact of ‘people power’ was in stark evidence on Tuesday at Noosa Council chambers when a unique local produce and coffee outlet located outside Cooroy was given a reprieve. A retrospective application by Bus Stop Espresso, operating under ‘roadside
AN APPLICATION for a material change of use (MCU) for a popular coffee vendor/local produce outlet on Cooroy’s town fringe has received qualified support from Noosa councillors, despite a staff recommendation to refuse it. Bus Stop Espresso on Mary River
WHILE most Noosa Council Ordinary Meetings (OM) are primarily rubber-stampings of decisions voted in the previous Monday’s General Committee (GC), there can at times be extended debate on seemingly unresolved issues. An item in the GC of January 20 concerned
AN APPLICATION to gain short-term accommodation (STA) status for two units in a dual-occupancy property in Noosa Heads has been narrowly voted down at Noosa Council. The Angler St site, off Viewland Drive, sits in a medium-density residential neighbourhood that