A high-profile couple has been ordered to restore parts of their multimillion-dollar property following a lengthy legal battle.
Heidi Meyer and Kim Carroll were found to have committed development offences over unlawful vegetation clearing at 39-41 Picture Point Crescent, Noosa Heads and ordered to pay $48,000 towards Noosa Council’s legal costs.
Planning and Environment Court Judge Glen Cash handed down the ruling on September 9, requiring the couple to plant almost 1600 trees and ground covers across the property and adjoining Noosa Drive road reserve.
It follows court action launched by Noosa Council in December 2025 over allegations vegetation had been removed from the 1447sqm block between November 2021 and June 2022, with further clearing on the property and adjoining road reserve between October 2024 and October 2025.
In its original court application, council argued the actions had damaged the land.
“The first clearing and second clearing has caused damage to the natural environment, which has resulted in degradation of the ecological values of the land and road and adverse visual amenity impacts,” the application stated.
Lawyers for Ms Meyer and Mr Carroll had disputed a development permit was required for the first clearing, arguing in October 2025 correspondence that the work was not assessable development under the Noosa Plan.
They also sought clarification from council about the alleged second clearing and why it considered development approval was required.
The property has also been the subject of a lengthy planning history, including a Planning and Environment Court appeal after Noosa Council refused an application to subdivide the land into two lots in 2023.
That dispute was settled in 2024, allowing the subdivision to proceed subject to conditions.
One of the proposed 723sqm lots was subsequently advertised for sale for $25 million in October 2025.
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Ms Meyer and Mr Carroll, the former owners of Buderim’s Malumba Estate, which they sold in 2021, have also lodged applications with council for two luxury homes on the ocean-view land.
The proposed four-storey homes include rooftop terraces, plunge pools, saunas, gyms, cinemas and four-car garages and have been the subject of a separate planning dispute, with council questioning why they were lodged as two individual dwellings rather than a dual occupancy.
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