The state of STAs | Noosa Today

By Margaret Maccoll

The biggest issues in developing the new Noosa Plan, short term accommodation (STA), continues to raise questions in the community as it did in Noosa Council this week in discussions over a development application for an STA at 3 Robert Street, Noosaville.

Council CEO Brett de Chastel said there were two main issues relating to STAs that dominated discussion during the development of the Noosa Plan and just weren’t going away.

These were to what extent does Council have the right to regulate people’s choice to live in or rent their properties and the rights of residents to retain their traditional residential amenity.

Under the new planning scheme the shire is mapped into tourist, high, medium…