article_snippet.sent: Tough new regulations will allow for a crackdown on notorious party houses on the Gold Coast after years of complaints about boozing and scantily-clad women.
article_snippet.sent: Gold Coast City Council will finally be able to shut down illegal party houses in suburban areas after the state government approved new planning powers, the Gold Coast Bulletin reports.
article_snippet.sent: Tough new regulations will allow for a crackdown on notorious party houses on the Gold Coast after years of complaints about boozing and scantily-clad women .
article_snippet.sent: The new powers, approved by Deputy Premier and Planning Minister Jackie Trad, means there is now an official and legal definition of a party house so Gold Coast City Council can enforce laws to shut them down in certain areas.
article_snippet.sent: If an illegal party house is reported to Gold Coast City Council, authorities will be able to force the owner of the property to apply for a development application.
article_snippet.sent: If authorities refuse Gold Coast City Council can legally shut they refuse the council down.
article_snippet.sent: Gold Coast City Council will finally be able to shut down illegal party houses in suburban areas after the state government approved new planning powers .
article_snippet.sent: Burleigh councillor Greg Betts told the Gold Coast Bulletin the crackdown would begin this month. '
article_snippet.sent: This is a planning issue which means that the criteria of what is allowed to be a party house is strict and those people operating those people will have to apply to have this status,' Burleigh councillor Greg Betts said. '
article_snippet.sent: If those people fail to get this approval but continue to operate we can shut those people down.'
article_snippet.sent: the state government introduced new laws last year allowing council to institute 'party house restriction areas' where short-term rental properties will be forbidden from operating.
highlights_snippet.sent: Gold Coast City Council will be able to shut down illegal party houses .
  