Council welcomes NSW Govt support for tighter controls on STRA

Byron Shire Mayor, Michael Lyon, has welcomed the NSW Government’s decision to endorse Council’s proposal to cap unhosted short term rental accommodation (STRA) to 60 days a year across most parts of the Shire.

in the Sutherland Shire, and he said the overriding thing about Gibson was his ability to not just treat you as an equal, but to somehow make you rise to levels that you didn’t think you possessed. Which is a sentiment reiterated by players coached by Lombardi, as well as an almost zero tolerance for not giving your best. Lombardi even once said, “If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you’ll be fired with enthusiasm!”

Which brings us back to the one constant – which can be found in every winning dressing room and boardroom as well; and that’s enthusiasm: the driving, unfeign-able force behind the buy-in required of a team to reach the pinnacle in their chosen field. Or as the godfather of positive thinking himself, Norman Vincent Peale once said, “Enthusiasm spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.”

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“This announcement by Planning Minster, Paul Scully, broadly aligns with a couple of the key recommendations put forward by the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) earlier this year,” Byron Shire Mayor, Michael Lyon, said.

“Council’s original proposal to the NSW

Government and the IPC, was for a 90-day cap on STRA in most parts of Byron Shire, with some 365-day precincts, while the IPC recommended a 60-day cap be applied across the Shire, but with a development pathway for 365-days,” Mayor Lyon said.

“Minister Scully’s decision incorporates parts of both Council and the IPC’s positions.

“The Planning Minister has acknowledged the shortage of permanent housing supply in the Byron Shire and the impact STRA is having on people’s ability to fnd stable, long-term accommodation,” Mayor Lyon said.

“The announcement this week is part of a broad government response to our planning proposal, and we now need to take some time to review and digest this information and start planning for the implementation of the changes which will take effect from September

2024,” Mayor Lyon said. “We have always said that regulating STRA will not solve the housing crisis in our Shire, but it will increase the pool of long-term rental accommodation which is so vital for people, especially key workers and those on lower incomes,” Mayor Lyon said.