Lake Weyba residents were celebrating this week after the Sunshine Coast Council voted to refuse the part of the controversial Noosa on Weyba development application that was within its regional boundary.
Members of Friends of Lake Weyba were ecstatic when the decision was announced during the Council meeting on January 31.
Friends of Lake Weyba President Anita Brake said “it was great to see that Councillors took the advice of their expert staff and independent advisors and voted to refuse the urbanisation of a rare and beautiful environment’.
“Friends of Lake Weyba would like to thank the 1000-plus residents and community groups who submitted written objections.”
Sunshine Coast Council voted 8-3 in favour of a motion to refuse the application, despite intense lobbying from developer, the Mantle Group.
Noosa Shire Council – acting as Assessment Manager – will now examine the whole of the Noosa on Weyba proposal with a final decision likely in early March.
Last month Mayor Noel Playford applauded Sunshine Coast Council for letting Noosa make the final decision. He said it was “the right decision because most of the impact of this development application is well and truly inside the Noosa Shire”.
