Precinct boundaries have been set for high-rise housing to be built around Gosford and Tuggerah railway stations under the State Government’s Transport Oriented Development (TOD) plan.
The boundaries were set following consultations with Central Coast Council and will allow for increased building heights and density.
Planning changes will permit the construction of new residential flat buildings and shop top housing , including mandatory affordable housing provisions for developments with a gross floor area exceeding 2000sqm.
Gosford and Tuggerah are two of the latest five stations to see the new planning controls applied which were introduced in April.
Along with Dapto, Banksia and Rockdale they join 18 other railway station precincts already approved.
Over the next 15 years, the planning changes will allow for more than 170,000 new homes in mid-rise dwellings with new affordable homes, and apartment buildings that contain commercial space to create vibrant communities close to transport, services and jobs.
The scheme is part of the NSW Government’s efforts to confront the housing crisis by reforming the planning system, building more social and affordable housing through the largest ever investment in NSW history and reforming rental laws by banning no-grounds evictions.
To help meet the Central Coast housing target of 9,400 new homes over five years, nine additional lots have been proposed for the Gosford TOD precinct.
Three of them are located on the north-western corner of the precinct with another six located on the south-western corner.
The dwelling capacity around Gosford station is estimated to be 5,850 homes for the precinct over 15 years.
An additional eight lots are proposed to be included in the Tuggerah TOD precinct.
In line with the nominations of Central Coast Council, inclusion of these lots will provide a logical boundary between the TOD precinct and surrounding areas, while also making sure that no isolated sites remain outside the precinct.
The dwelling capacity is estimated to be 1,600 homes for the precinct over 15 years.
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Paul Scully said confronting the housing crisis head on meant making sure there were more homes available.
“It’s great to see councils looking out for their communities and working with us to find ways to provide more homes for every resident, current and future,” he said.
“The homes that will result from these rezoning will be well-located close to transport, services and jobs, in existing communities where people want to live.”
too much to soon welcome to the Gosford woy woy and tuggerah ghetto
A fast train first. Trains will not cope with increased population
This is great news. For many decades, Central Coasters, and those who moved to the Coast from Sydney, have upheld a culture of turning their noses down on the Gosford city region, and have also upheld a culture of wanting single homes, high maintenance, land etc. Let people from the city who enjoy city life move to the areas that have traditionally been talked about badly by Coasters and let them enjoy their city life by the sea. These are areas that Central Coasters shun anyway.
close to which jobs? unless you’re in the building trade it sounds like the government
is making it more difficult for young people to find a job. coasties will be competing against tens of thousands of new residents,for the same jobs.
What a joke a central coast ghetto approved by a council and state government running a circus competing with each other to be the ring leader .No infostructer no work locally and a deadly drive on the M1 for comuting.
Here come the NIMBYs 😒
Gosford council has no understanding of commercial world and is totally lost connectivity with common sense or community sense. Total replacement of All staff from top to bottom is urgently needed. The council staff are just turning up for work and do not care about their work commitments ir urgency of private sector.Tine is money.