By JOLENE OGLE
A BAN on intensive animal husbandry, more parks with better usability and stricter building codes were among the suggested amendments to the Noosa Plan.
The suggestions were part of a report presented to the Planning and Organisation committee on Tuesday that provided a summary of the 78 submissions received during the council’s consultation period that ran from 7 April to 5 May.
Eight key themes were identified and included concerns surrounding business, housing choice, rural areas, technical issues, vegetation protection, flood hazard, strategic outcomes and community, recreation and open space, plus locality specific issues were also included.
The report states there were a number of requests to “not allow” intensive animal husbandry in Noosa “because of the potential disruption to neighbours’ quality of life”.
Other issues raised include overnight camping, with a suggestion that the council allow for a small number of small vans/campers/cars to park and camp overnight at Noosa Spit for a fee in a bid to remove the current issue of camping overnight.
The report also noted concern about the “infiltration of business and tourism activities into land zoned open space and recreation at the expense of facilities and open space available for local residents”.
Stricter limits on the use of public open space or compensation for the community, were among the suggestions to resolve this issue.
The recommended amendments to the Noosa Plan will now be discussed in detail by the council. Subject to council endorsement, the amendments will be sent to the State Government for the first state interest review, followed by formal public notification of the changes.
The full report is available at the Noosa Council website www.noosa.qld.gov.au, under Meeting Minutes.
