development

Right housing idea, wrong place

Despite an impassioned speech by Cr Amelia Lorentson, an application to approve a 32-dwelling community and affordable housing project in Cooroy, Noosa Council voted 5:2 to reject it, following the staff recommendation. The proposal was designed to offer affordable accommodation

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Why should we all pay for rogue developers?

Imagine if a property speculator buys the house next door to you in your quiet residential Noosa street and submits a development application to add an extra couple of storeys and turn it into a late-night karaoke bar with street parking. Then you have to spend the next few years spending thousands of dollars, everything you’ve saved, fighting them in the courts.

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Right housing idea, wrong place

Despite an impassioned speech by Cr Amelia Lorentson, an application to approve a 32-dwelling community and affordable housing project in Cooroy, Noosa Council voted 5:2 to reject it, following the staff recommendation. The proposal was designed to offer affordable accommodation

READ MORE

Why should we all pay for rogue developers?

Imagine if a property speculator buys the house next door to you in your quiet residential Noosa street and submits a development application to add an extra couple of storeys and turn it into a late-night karaoke bar with street parking. Then you have to spend the next few years spending thousands of dollars, everything you’ve saved, fighting them in the courts.

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