Over $30M assets sold to satisfy commercial lenders
Central Coast Council is more than halfway to delivering its planned $60M asset sales program, with settled sales of $34.78M already in the bag and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)…
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Asset sales net $55M but details stay secret
Central Coast Council has so far amassed $55M in its asset sales program, but residents won’t be privy to just what has been sold and for how much until July…
No real advantage from selling reserve
Forum – The proposed rezone and sale of the public reserve greenspace at 1 Austin Butler Ave should not go ahead. If this reserve is sold for a carpark it…
Administrator rules out sale of water and waste assets
Administrator Rik Hart has promised ratepayers Central Coast Council will not sell its two major assets for a purely temporary gain to get around a rate rise. Mr Hart said…
Local yoga group show our green spaces are ‘anything but lazy’
A local community group has ‘claimed’ a popular reserve on the Council’s list of tranche 3 assets for sale with a new event held on Sunday, June 6. The ‘Hands…
Lions Club urges re-think on East Gosford sale sites
Gosford City-East Gosford Lions Club is urging Central Coast Council to rethink the proposed sale of land at 9 Russell Drysdale St and 3 Albert St, East Gosford, saying such…
Our public land is being privatised at the expense of the public good
Forum – Having just objected to various proposed asset sales by Central Coast Council, I am particularly disturbed by the number of land sales which require a change in the…
Tesch backs calls to take Gosford Bowling Club off the asset sales list
With submissions now having closed on Central Coast Council’s proposed Tranche 3 asset sales, Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch has joined the fight to have Gosford City Bowling Club (GCBC)…
“An oasis in a badly designed, malfunctioning desert of concrete”
This was how one resident described Blackwall Reserve in their objection letter to council, trying to save the site from development. Lots 23 and 23A Memorial Avenue, Blackwall are on…
Administrator implores the community to get the facts around asset sales
Central Coast Council is reminding the community to have their say on the next stage of the asset sales program, Tranche 3, which closes for consultation at 5pm on Friday,…
Sale of Bullion St carpark will hurt local business
Forum – It has been suggested that the redevelopment of the Bullion Street carpark is ‘a once in a lifetime opportunity’. I cannot agree with that because this is a…
Community rally to save our reserves
The groundswell of opposition to Central Coast Council’s sell-off of community land will roll into The Entrance on Sunday, May 23. The Community Rally to Save Our Reserves will be…
Strange manoeuvrings on land sales
Forum – The Administrator continues to attempt to convince the Central Coast community that pockets of green spaces in residential areas must be sold off, but his actions seem to…
Asset sales community consultation period extended
Central Coast Administrator, Dick Persson, has decided to extend the community consultation period on the proposed asset sales and reclassification list. He announced the time extension on Monday afternoon, May…
Prospective Umina Beach carpark sale raises local ire
Under Council’s list of proposed assets for sale, the Umina Beach carpark on West St has been identified as a key sell-off, and businesses are not happy. The 5,187-metre squared…
Locals rally to save Council assets earmarked for sale on Peninsula
Meet Ziv Raz, Dylan Taylor, Max Raz and Ori Raz. Six years ago, as young boys, they banded together to fight to save the reserve at 83-85 Brisbane Ave, Umina,…
Peninsula assets on the block
Community land across the Peninsula – including green spaces, a retirement community and a sports oval – is set to be reclassified and sold off as part of Central Coast…
Community groups fight to save facilities listed for sale
The community has asked to see the Termite Report which Central Coast Council says shows the Norah Head Hall should be demolished. The community group fighting to save the sale…
Broady on the block
The future of the former Broadwater Hotel site on Mann St, Gosford, hangs in the balance, with Central Coast Council resolving to decline all tender submissions for demolition and continue…
Who are the experts?
Property experts from a Parramatta Council advisory committee will advise Central Coast Council on selling its underperforming assets. But the Coast will not know how much the Council is paying…