Friday, 18 November, 2022
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Gathering for Katie Rose
Sounds of spring
Humanity through art
24-page liftout Property Guide
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Signing off By Phil Jarratt
Sally with a few of her bestsellers.
Picture: ROB MACCOLL
Tomorrow afternoon (Saturday) on Channel Seven’s Creek To Coast, having gotten amongst the mahi mahi off Mooloolaba and turned it into ceviche in front of our very eyes, Sunshine Beach’s Sally Jenyns will hang up the rod and the filleting knife for the last time - at least for the cameras. The popular TV chef is retiring after spending almost half her life in her dream job – catching fish and cooking them for the cameras of Queensland lifestyle shows like Creek To Coast, Great South East, Queensland Weekender and, back in the day, Brownie’s Coastwatch. In fact, the title of her bestselling first cookbook, Fishing and Feasting, pretty much sums it up. Not that at 55 she’ll be giving up those activities in real life, just making more time to relax and feel the sand between her toes. Sally had salt in her veins right from the start, spending an idyllic Brisbane childhood with four brothers exploring Moreton Bay on her father Ron’s classic 73-foot wooden yacht South Pacific 2. And it helped that Ron was a three-times Olympian and 11-times Australian champion sailor in the demanding Finn class. Continued page 4
Call to limit STAs
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A two-year monitoring report on short-term accommodation (STA) properties, tabled in Council this week, shows Council has taken a conservative approach to approving new STAs and recommends more restriction be placed on future STA approvals. The report, a state-government requirement following the introduction of the STA local law, showed Council issued just 18 new short-stay approvals over the past two years. “Those 18 are the only brand-new approvals granted under the new planning scheme, and they are in locations where short-stay letting is permitted as a consistent use under our new town plan,” Mayor Clare Stewart said. “We know the proliferation of short-stay properties is of great concern to our commu-
nity given the current housing crisis and the impact short-stay properties have on residential amenity. “Where a property owner has existing use rights or approval under a superseded planning scheme they have a legislative right to continue to use the property for short-stay. “What we’ve been able to do through the introduction of the new planning scheme is restrict further growth in the use of houses for short-term accommodation in the Low Density Residential zone, while the new short-stay letting local law applies a level of control over how they operate.” The 18 new approvals were for properties in Medium Density Residential, Rural or Rural Residential zones where short-term accommodation is a consistent use under the
new planning scheme. The monitoring report flagged potential planning scheme amendments to the Noosa Plan 2020 to prevent future growth in STA by making it an inconsistent use in all areas, except Tourist Accommodation zones. Proposed changes would make new STAs an inconsistent use in Medium and High Density Residential, Rural and Rural Residential and as well as Centre zones with several exceptions including where the permanent resident short stay lets their principal place of residence for a limited time of no more than four times and 60 days per calendar year. Cr Stewart said any proposed amendments to the planning scheme would be considered by Council and were subject to community consultation.
“It’s about ensuring any future short-stay let properties are in tourist areas, and that our residential areas are protected for permanent residents.” Two years’ worth of data analysing the Noosa Plan 2020’s short-stay provisions and their impact on short-term accommodation, tourism and housing has provided the basis for the proposed planning scheme amendments. “This is a really important body of work - we can’t make decisions if we don’t have the data and now we have it,” the Mayor said. “The data has shown that making short term accommodation an inconsistent use in the Low Density Residential zone has not been detrimental to the tourism industry.”