
By Alan Lander
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 a short-term accommodation (STA) application from the owners of a duplex being built in Noosa Heads’ Angler Street, which then became the focus of intense debate at January 23’s OM, which your correspondent was unavailable to view online until recently.
There had been a 4-3 vote in favour of the staff’s recommendation to refuse the Angler St STA application – lodged in August 2021 – while the application to build the duplex – lodged in September 2020 – had been approved.
Councillors in favour of the refusal at the GC were Wilkie, Stockwell, Jurisevic and Wegener; those against being Stewart, Lorentson and Finzel.
Read the full article by Alan Lander at https://noosamatters.com.au/sta-saturation-point-where-to-from-here/
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