A BYRON BAY resident has told The Echo that Byron Shire Council staff have been unable to act on her complaints about her neighbours’ Airbnb activities, which she says are so intrusive she has had to buy earplugs.
‘I’m 71 years old and have been here 21 years,’ she told The Echo.
‘Over those years, I have done thousands of hours of community work, yet Council are unable to help me by enforcing compliance against this activity.
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‘I’m suffering from stress and sleep deprivation because of this,’ she said.
After she asked Byron Shire Council to intervene, she says council compliance inspected the neighbour’s property.
‘I just got a letter from the council which said there are “no compliance issues identified at this moment”.’
The issue arose after her neighbours renovated their house. ‘They moved the entrance of their one bedroom Airbnb premises to be under my bedroom window.’
She says no DA was required to move the doorway entrance to the Airbnb-let premises.
‘Guests used to go through another entrance,’ she said, ‘which was closer to the neighbour’s own entrance.
‘They moved the problem, without asking me.’
The council compliance officer could only suggest earplugs and mediation.
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This is clearly dishonest on the part of Council. Do people finally have the guts to take action?