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March 2023 Council has just completed the Short Stay Letting (SSL) Local Law 12 month review, which included stakeholder meetings that Good Night Noosa attended. They are pleased with the first 12 months. Statistics – First 12 mths - 2720 property owner applications in the first 12 months (600 still in process) - 1968 approvals issued (55 refusals) - 612 complaints to the 24-hour hotline - 708 complaints direct to the council - 78 Compliance Letters issued - 3 Compliance Notices (Fines) issued (Contact Person not reachable) - 1 Show cause notice - 1 SSL property approval cancelled - 1200 Noosa SSL property owners are yet to apply for approval Mayor Clare Stewart said the Local Law’s first 12 months had been a success. “We’re the first council in Queensland to regulate short-stay accommodation in response to community concerns, and we’re making solid progress,” she said. “With the Local Law, approval process and complaints hotline, we’ve been able to implement a code of conduct for short-stay guests, compile a healthy database of short-stay properties, deal with complaints and begin to identify owners not playing by the rules. “There is still work to be done, but the extra resourcing will assist the approval process and allow us to better enforce the rules, as the community expects,” the Mayor added. Short Stay Law 2023 Increased SSL team resources allowing them to work through the backlog of applications and focus on fine-tuning regulations and processes. Two new temporary compliance officers to increase enforcement in the following areas Unregistered SSL properties - given 14 days to apply Approved short-stay properties with no signage targeted Compliance with SSL rules - 'Guest Code of Conduct' SSL Application deadline 30 June 2023 Short-Stay annual renewal fees $400 detached houses $200 units $100 home-hosted accomm',units and houses restricted to 4 times 60 days a year Noosa’s Short Stay Local Laws look set to stay. Two Queensland Councils are talking with Noosa Council to help model similar local SSL laws. So it looks like the Noosa Council SSL Local Law model is set to spread.