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Ordinary Meeting - 20 November 2025

Thursday 20 November 2025 · Ordinary Meeting · 40 substantive items

Agenda · Transcript · Video

We have not written this meeting up yet. Below is council's own agenda structure, with each item cued to the video.

From the floor

People who addressed council at this meeting, from its minutes. The full register is at deputations.

  1. Public question

    Tony Wright

    Can Council explain in detail why it has chosen to implement a challenging path through four interconnecting residential streets with hills, intersections, bends and blindspots, rather than the simpler, viable, safer and less disruptive alternative route along the road reserve west of David Low Way (DLW)? RESPONSE PROV…

  2. Deputation

    Rob Dessaix, Cootharaba Community Association — Community Safety - Traffic and Foreshore Concerns

  3. Deputation

    Randal Delaney, Peregian Beach Residents Against Active Streets — Peregian Beach Active Street

  4. Public question

    Pat Spicer

    As the independent valuation of Lot 1 at 64 Lake Macdonald Drive, Cooroy was carried out before remediation, subdivision and infrastructure works, is the price quoted and agreed upon with Coast2Bay the estimated undeveloped value or the estimated developed value taking into consideration the remediation and infrastruct…

  5. Public question

    David Phipps

    Given the significant opposition, will Council stop the ill-conceived, unwanted and illogical plan to convert an 800 metre section of Lorikeet Drive to an Active Street? RESPONSE PROVIDED BY SHAUN WALSH, DIRECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES Thank you for the question. Council understands that some residents have concerns. …

  6. Public question

    Alan Deering — but unfortunately had

    In answer to my public question of 18/9/2025, part of the response was "Based on current material usage, maintenance practices and environmental exposure conditions, there is minimal to no health risk from silica dust generated by unsealed gravel roads in the Noosa Council region. There is no confirmed evidence of harm…

What was said

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Agenda

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  1. 1 DECLARATION OF OPENING
  2. 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
  3. 3 ATTENDANCE & APOLOGIES
  4. 4 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
  5. 4.1 ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES 16 OCTOBER 2025
    Recommendation2025-10-16 Ordinary Meeting Minutes open on council's site
  6. 5 PETITIONS
  7. 6 PRESENTATIONS
  8. 7 DEPUTATIONS Deputations 6:02
  9. 7.1 Applicant: ROB DESSAIX, COOTHARABA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Topic: community safety - traffic and foreshore concerns Speakers: ROB DESSAIX, JAN GREEN Deputations 6:06
    Cootharaba Community Association open on council's site
  10. 7.2 APPLICANT: RANDAL DELANEY, PEREGIAN BEACH RESIDENTS AGAINST ACTIVE STREETS TOPIC: PEREGIAN BEACH ACTIVE STREET SPEAKERS: RANDAL DELANEY Deputations 10:04
    RANDAL DELANEY, PEREGIAN BEACH RESIDENTS AGAINST A open on council's site
  11. 8 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME Deputations 23:13
  12. 8.1 ALAN DEERING Deputations 23:26
    Questions open on council's site
  13. 8.2 PAT SPICER Deputations 29:56
    Questions open on council's site
  14. 8.3 DAVID PHIPPS Deputations 35:44
    Questions open on council's site
  15. 8.4 TONY WRIGHT Deputations 44:44
    Questions open on council's site
  16. 9 MAYORAL MINUTES 1:12:40
  17. 10 NOTIFIED MOTIONS Notified motions 1:12:55
  18. 10.1 Investigation into a Local Policy on Electronic Gaming Machines on Council-Owned or Trustee Land Notified motions 1:13:03
    Notice of MotionAttachment 1 - 2025-11-20 Notice of Motion - Cr Lorentson - Investigation into a Local Policy on Electronic Gaming Machines on Council-Owned or Truste open on council's site
  19. 11 CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS 1:24:10
  20. 11.1 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS DATED 11 NOVEMBER 2025 1:24:14
    Committee to Council - Header open on council's site
  21. 11.1.1 MCU23/0090.02 - APPLICATION FOR A MINOR CHANGE TO A DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE - HOTEL (EXTENSION TO EXISTING HOTEL) AND DBW23/0073.02 BUILDING WORK (DEMOLITION) AT 118 POINCIANA AVENUE AND 26 DIYAN STREET, TEWANTIN Development 1:24:18
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  22. 11.1.2 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COURT APPEAL NO. 2698 OF 2025 – APPLICATION FOR A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR A DWELLING HOUSE 6 ARAKOON CRESCENT, SUNSHINE BEACH Court cases Development 1:24:22
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  23. 11.1.3 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COURT APPEAL NO. 2697 OF 2025 – APPLICATION FOR A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR A DWELLING HOUSE 4 ARAKOON CRESCENT, SUNSHINE BEACH Court cases Development 1:24:26
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  24. 11.1.4 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COURT APPEAL NO. D92 OF 2025 – APPLICATION FOR A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR A DWELLING HOUSE 58 SEAVIEW TERRACE, SUNSHINE BEACH Court cases Development 1:24:35
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  25. 11.1.5 PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY DELEGATED AUTHORITY – SEPTEMBER 2025 1:24:45
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  26. 11.1.6 CONFIDENTIAL - NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE - PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COURT APPEAL NO. 2420 of 2025 – APPLICATION FOR A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR A DWELLING HOUSE 3 ALLAMBI RISE, NOOSA HEADS Court cases Closed doors Development 1:24:55
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  27. 11.1.7 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS EN BLOC
    EnBloc Recommendation open on council's site
  28. 11.2 SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS DATED 11 NOVEMBER 2025 1:25:32
    Committee to Council - Header open on council's site
  29. 11.2.1 EXTENSION OF APPOINTMENT FOR THE AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE CHAIR & APPOINTMENT OF NEW INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE MEMBER
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  30. 11.2.2 2025 LGAQ CONFERENCE - NOOSA COUNCIL MOTIONS CARRIED 1:25:48
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  31. 11.2.3 CAPITAL PROGRAM 2025 - 2026 DELIVERY STATUS REPORT 1:25:51
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  32. 11.2.4 SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ENBLOC 1:25:56
    EnBloc Recommendation open on council's site
  33. 11.3 GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS DATED 17 NOVEMBER 2025 1:26:22
    Committee to Council - Header open on council's site
  34. 11.3.1 MCU23/0090.02 - APPLICATION FOR A MINOR CHANGE TO A DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE - HOTEL (EXTENSION TO EXISTING HOTEL) AND DBW23/0073.02 BUILDING WORK (DEMOLITION) AT 118 POINCIANA AVENUE AND 26 DIYAN STREET, TEWANTIN (Item 7.1 Referred from Planning & Environment Committee Meeting dated 11 November 2025) Development 1:26:26
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  35. 11.3.2 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COURT APPEAL NO. D92 OF 2025 – APPLICATION FOR A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR A DWELLING HOUSE 58 SEAVIEW TERRACE, SUNSHINE BEACH (Item 7.4 Referred from Planning & Environment Committee Meeting dated 11 November 2025) Court cases Development
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  36. 11.3.3 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT - OCTOBER 2025 Budget & finance
    Committee to Council Recommendation open on council's site
  37. 11.3.4 OPERATIONAL PLAN 2025-26 Q1 QUARTERLY REPORTING
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  38. 11.3.5 CONFIDENTIAL - CONTRACT AWARD REPORT - CONTRACT NO. CN25113 – WESTERN BATTER MISSING LINK CAPPING CONSTRUCTION Closed doors Contracts 1:29:22
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  39. 11.3.6 CONFIDENTIAL – NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE – PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COURT APPEAL D44 OF 2025 – APPLICATION FOR A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR FOOD AND DRINK OUTLET AND SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATION AT 203 - 207 GYMPIE TERRACE, NOOSAVILLE Court cases Closed doors Development 1:29:28
    Committee to Council open on council's site
  40. 11.3.7 GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS EN BLOC 1:29:38
    EnBloc Recommendation open on council's site
  41. 12 ORDINARY MEETING REPORTS
  42. 12.1 2025 NOOSA COUNCIL COMMUNITY SATISFACTION SURVEY RESULTS 1:30:01
    ReportAttachment 1 - 2025 Community Satisfaction Survey Performance and Priorties - Executive Summary ReportAttachment 2 - Community Satisfaction Survey Performance ScoresAttachment 3 - Community Satisfaction Survey Importance RatingsAttachment 1 to Ordinary Meeting Minutes - Community Satisfaction Survey - Boreen Point locality snapshot open on council's site
  43. 12.2 ANNUAL UPDATE - PEREGIAN DIGITAL HUB 1:55:13
    Report open on council's site
  44. 13 CONFIDENTIAL SESSION Closed doors
  45. 14 NEXT MEETING 2:15:54
  46. 15 MEETING CLOSURE 2:15:59

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