The public exhibition period for community comment on a proposal for Sirens Nightclub at Terrigal to expand to take in the downstairs area has closed with Central Coast Council.
However, the proposal to extend trading hours to 3am six days a week is yet to be shown on the Liquor and Licencing Noticeboard.
The community will have a chance to comment once it is uploaded on that noticeboard.
Council said proposed alterations and additions to the existing building at 1 Kurrawyba Ave, Terrigal, were publicly exhibited from March 1-15 and no submissions were received.
“Should any interested party want to make a submission despite the exhibition period ceasing, they will need to contact Council in the first instance and formally request an extension,” Council said.
The two-storey building on the corner of Hudson Lane currently has a nightclub upstairs which closes at 2am on Friday and Saturday nights.
According to the website, Alexanders Cocktail Lounge downstairs closes at midnight on those two nights.
Both venues close earlier on other nights.
According to the Statement of Environmental Effects, the proposed operating hours would be: 5am-3am, Monday to Saturday and 10am-midnight on Sundays.
The proposed development is for alterations to the existing building to expand the nightclub area into the cocktail lounge downstairs to operate as one venue.
Internal works would include: a new internal entrance; a new bar; a DJ booth; enclosing the front of the downstairs portion of the building; new toilets; and a ramp.
The development when completed would have a maximum capacity of 348 people; 198 on the upper floor, as per the existing licence and 150 people downstairs.
Sirens is immediately opposite the Crown Plaza Hotel.
The development application paperwork included both a Public Health Safety Management Plan and a Community Impact Statement (CIS) which was lodged with Liquor and Gaming NSW on March 22.
The CIS is a written summary that provides information on the potential impact that granting an application will have on the local community.
“It does this by ensuring the potential applicant consults with the local community before deciding to make an application,” the NSW Liquor website states.
“It summarises the results of consultation between the applicant and the local community about any issues and concerns with a licensing proposal.”
THE CIS for Sirens included a map showing the neighbouring premises notified within at least a 100 metre radius of the boundary.
No issues were raised.
Police were also contacted and no issues were raised, according to the CIS.
The proposal had not appeared on the Liquor Noticeboard when Coast Community News went to press, but details can be read on Council’s DA tracker: See DA DA/2168/2023.
Merilyn Vale
Too many noisy latenight venues in Terrigal already. Raucous drunks on the street late at night are not welcome. No police to handle any situation.