Property owners at a Noosa North Shore resort are fighting to save the tranquility of their home after their body corporate agreed to allow up to 50 events a year.
The management of Beach Road Holiday Homes accepted this agreement and have built a marketing plan around it, which will allow up to 50 events to cater for small or large groups having exclusive use of a common area.
Home owner Norm Blurton said the significant escalation of people and traffic would put the area under pressure it is not designed for.
“The Beach Road area is a highly sensitive and unique ecosystem,“ he said.
“This will also limit access to facilities that the owners contribute to with their body corporate fees. Owners and/or guests will not be permitted to access to the common areas that have been booked out by any of the 50 events per year.“
Norm said the negative impact of associated noise and disturbance from events would directly compromise the unique ecological environment of Noosa North Shore.
“The tranquil style accommodation that we have invested in will be severely compromised with events catering for up to 150 people attending each of the 50 events per year,“ he said.
“The North Shore and Double Island areas are becoming increasingly overcrowded and, sadly, reporting regular unruly behaviour as per media reports. It would be disappointing to see Noosa North Shore follow this path, particularly with limited police and emergency services given our isolated location.“
Beach Road Holiday Homes general manager Joanne Dillon said this motion was passed by the body corporate with a greater than two-thirds and majority vote in December.
“Prior to the new licence agreement, any owners or guests were entitled to use common property to hold events with the potential for an unlimited number of events to be held,“ Joanne said.
“We are keen to attract mid-week, off-peak corporate meetings, events, retreats which will help boost occupancy at the resort during the offseason.
“Our aim for the next 12 months is to have 12 of these types of events on the Village Green. It is difficult during Covid times as we have had a number of cancellations.“
Joanne said many businesses gained when they hosted these events.
“Event planners, marquee suppliers, caterers, hire companies to name a few,“ she said.
“It is great business for Noosa and for industries who have borne the brunt of loss of revenue due to our current Covid situations.“
She said Beach Road Holiday Homes was one of the few with Council by-laws keeping the accommodation for tourists.
“Beach Road Holiday Homes are zoned exclusively for visitor accommodation, a 2017 application to rezone some houses to permanent residences was rejected by Council and upheld in the Planning and Environment Court,“ she said.
“Events in all forms bring tourists to the Noosa North Shore. We see it as a positive as it showcases Noosa North Shore to groups who will come back bringing family members, work colleagues, friends alike.“
