It was great to see the turnout at the Xmas Eve rally supporting the 90-day cap on non-hosted STRA.
For 2023 and beyond, can all those property owners continuing to profit from using their residential dwellings for STRA consider paying an appropriate local tourist levy? This would help to maintain the local Byron culture and amenity that is so highly valued, and indeed marketed, when renting to visitors. Let’s do everything we can to preserve our heart and soul.
Have your say (yet again) until 2 March, via the Independent Planning Commission – Byron Shire Short Term Rental Accommodation Planning Proposal: www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/projects/2022/12/byron-shire-short-term-rental-pp.
You can also sign the ‘Byron Deserves Balance’ petition at: www.change.org/p/byron-deserves-balance.