Everglades Country Club at Woy Woy is to have a new pro shop and bowls office following approval of a development application for the work at a meeting of the Local Planning Panel on August 10.
The existing cart and bag storages sheds and existing green keepers’ sheds are to be demolished to make way for a new golf pro shop with larger cart and bag storage areas, along with a new bowls office and amenities.
The application was lodged on August 11, 2022, with a Request for Further Information (RFI) provided to the applicant on January 31, 2023.
The applicant was requested to provide further information in regard to: hours of operation for the golf club; preliminary site contamination reports; acid sulfate soils assessment; acoustic report; and erosion and sediment control plan.
The extra information was provided on May 25.
Central Coast Council recommended approval, saying the development was compatible with the existing recreational activities and a compatible land use that would have a positive social and economic benefit for the community and the club.
The club has existed on the site for many decades, with the first liquor licence issued in 1957.
“The proposal aims to replace outdated facilities with similar facilities and the new facilities are unlikely to generate additional parking demand,” a report to the panel said.
“The use of the golf course and pro shop is considered complimentary to the use of the registered club on the site and peak periods of use generally do not overlap,” it said.
The panel approved the application with some minor conditions.
The design of the pro-shop is to be amended to relocate entry doors from the southern elevation to the eastern elevation.
“A window may replace the relocated doors from the southern elevation,” the panel said.
“In order to provide some further weather protection an awning or similar may be erected and extended over the revised eastern entry, while retaining the southern porte-cochere (awning).”
The reason for the amendment was to minimise acoustic impacts to close neighbours.
The full length of the western wall is also to be acoustically treated.
The panel found granting consent would be in the wider public interest.
Source:
Central Coast Local Planning Panel minutes, August 10