Mingara hotel gets the green light

Mingara Leisure Group has been given the go-ahead by Central Coast Council to build a $19M five-storey hotel at its Tumbi Umbi site.

The 86-room hotel will be integrated with the existing Mingara Recreation Club at 14 Mingara Dr as well as complementing existing facilities such as cafes and restaurants, the Mingara Regional Athletics Centre and AthleticsTrack, aquatic centre, bowling greens, fitness and wellness centre.

The hotel will have five accessible rooms as well as a main lobby, lounge area, guest laundry, luggage room, administration office, service rooms and 11 car parks including two accessible spaces.

There won’t be a restaurant or bar at the hotel as guests would use the adjoining club facilities with a covered walkway linking the hotel and the entry foyer to the club.

Up to 10 staff plus a manager will be on site at the hotel at any one time.

The new building will blend with the architectural form of the existing Mingara Recreation Club and design elements both inside and out will highlight the characteristics of the neighbouring water and bush landscapes.

Construction will start with the demolition of the 34-space accessible parking area and vegetation next to the club entrance.

Fourteen accessible spaces will be relocated within the existing car park.

A traffic and parking assessment by Intersect Traffic Pty concluded that the proposed hotel development would not adversely impact on the local and state road network or the current intersections at the entry/exit to the site.

However, the report noted that with expected future growth in the area Wyong Rd would reach capacity before 2032 and Transport for NSW would need to look at some upgrading or network improvements in the near future to maintain acceptable traffic flow along this section of the road network.

“It is understood TfNSW is currently undertaking a strategic review of its Central Coast road network and it would be expected that the review would include this part of the road network,” the assessment report stated.

Sue Murray