Councillor attendance at council briefings that aren’t confidential will now be allowed remotely, after Central Coast councillors agreed to the change at their council meeting on June 22. Deputy Mayor,…
Councillors may attend council briefings remotely when they are not confidential, the Council decided at its meeting on June 22. A report showing the councillors’ attendance at council briefings was…
Community events including festivals on the Peninsula have been allocated about $42,000 in the latest round of Central Coast Council’s grants program. Other grants brought the total for the Peninsula…
Road works on the Peninsula totalling $1.4 million have received State and Federal funding. Almost $1 million of this will be spent in Woy Woy Rd. The road pavement will…
5@5_26 June 2020 – The latest news from around the Central Coast. Council Rates Rise – Darkinjung Development pushback – More mountain bike clashes – Malcolm Brooks passes – Women’s…
Councillors at their ordinary general meeting on June 22, voted to apply the 2.6 percent rate rise allowed by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal. Rate notices will include an…
A date for the next Central Coast Council election has been set for September 4, 2021. It was announced by the Minister for Local Government, Shelley Hancock, on Friday, June…
[Gosford] Deputy Mayor of the Central Coast Jane Smith talks to Coast Community News about a range of significant planning and economic changes across the region. The discussions ranged from;…
Central Coast Council will open its Draft Economic Development Strategy 2020-2040 and its Economic Recovery and Resilience Framework for public comment. The draft strategy includes a list of “priority actions”…
Central Coast Council’s recently released draft Local Strategic Planning Statement is a tragic reflection of what has become of our state and local planning systems. Systems which are so important…
Councillors are meeting this Saturday June 13 to workshop next year’s budget and to discuss the changes needed to the Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS) which has just been on…
The State Government has picked up $2.7M this financial year from development application fees that Central Coast Council would have received in the past. The fees were for State Significant…
With the recent announcement that a permanent National Cabinet will likely replace the former Council of Australian Governments (COAG), councils are pushing for a seat at the table. Central Coast…
Central Coast residents can expect their water, sewerage and drainage charges to rise by 2.2% for the next financial year, which Council estimates will see a rise of just over…
Central Coast Council adopted their third quarter report into the Activities of the Development Assessment & Environment and Certification Units and asked for the written report on new procedures for…
The State Government has picked up $2.7M so far this financial year from development application fees that Central Coast Council would have received in the past. The fees were for…
An internal ombudsman’s charter was adopted by Councillors at Council’s May 11 meeting and it will now be made publicly available on the council website. This means that if people…
Even though the coronavirus pandemic has dominated community life over recent months, Blue Haven residents are still recovering from the New Year’s bushfire which swept through the area. Central Coast…
Central Coast CEO, Gary Murphy, will keep his delegation powers after councillors met to discuss the issue raised by Cr Greg Best, who questioned the CEO agreeing to tenders without…
New subdivisions on the Coast might include cat curfew laws if the Central Coast Council can find a legal way to introduce the idea. Councillors want staff to investigate “mechanisms…