Call to close COSS lands following heavy rain
Community activist Joy Cooper has called on Central Coast Council to close all Coastal Open Space System (COSS) lands to the public with recent heavy rains leading to treacherous conditions….
Coastal Open Space System
Follow the trail
Forum – I’d like to invite residents to take a walk in our Coastal Open Space System (COSS). I’m the type of person that complies to the law, to signage…
Why are we stalling on COSS?
Forum – The Coastal Open Space System (COSS) is big, comprising around 662 parcels of land, equating to approximately 4,368 hectares or 10793.6 acres. In the Coastal Open Space System…
Coastal open space retained in planning statement
The Coastal Open Space System has been recognized in the interim Local Strategic Planning Statement adopted by Central Coast Council. Council met a NSW Government deadline with one day to…
Council seeks bio-certification of Darkinjung’s Somersby development
Darkinjung owned land that Central Coast Council had hoped to buy to add to its Coastal Open Space System (COSS) is now the subject of a rezoning proposal to allow…
Council biodiversity strategy to be redrafted
Councillors have asked council staff to make changes to a draft biodiversity strategy to include reference to the Coastal Open Space System before they considered adopting it. The draft strategy…
$453,000 funding for COSS
Gosford Council’s unique Coastal Open Space System (COSS) connections and rehabilitation project will receive $453,000 in funding thanks to the NSW Government’s Bush Connect program through the NSW Environmental Trust….