The Byron Shire Council was on the verge of making a ground-breaking vote today to restrict holiday rentals around the tourist hotspot. Then the state government took the decision out of its hands.
abc.net.au/news/byron-bay-short-term-rental-90-day-cap-intervention/101774446The Byron Shire Council has been blindsided by an 11th-hour decision by the NSW government which will stall controversial plans for a 90-day cap on short-term holiday letting in parts of the shire.
The council hoped a 90-day cap would alleviate the area's housing crisis by encouraging property investors to place their vacant properties back in the long-term rental market.After the state government's announcement, he said he would try to remain positive and trust the IPC to look carefully at the very complex issue."We've put our best step forward and just have to trust that the right decision will be made by that IPC.
"Council has jumped through every hoop that the planning department has said they had to go through," she said.In its announcement, the Department of Planning and Environment said the government had made the decision "in light of the 1,500 pieces of feedback received by the Council on the proposal … and the potentially significant economic impacts such a change could have on local businesses".
The lobby group previously argued the move would put 1,400 jobs at stake and cost the local economy $228 million.
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