CEN puts government on notice
The Community Environment Network (CEN) has put the NSW Government on notice that it must adopt a ‘nature first’ approach to developing a Strategic Conservation Plan for any areas of…
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Environmentalist Mike takes out BAT award
Long-term Jilliby resident and lifelong environmental campaigner Mike Campbell has won Community Environment Network’s 2024 BAT (Be A Team) Award for 2024. Community Environment Network (CEN) Deputy Chair John Asquith,…
Landcare grant for CEN wildplant nursery
Community Environment Network (CEN) was one of seven groups in NSW to be awarded a grant from Landcare Australia. CEN will use the $14,000 grant to upgrade the Wildplant Community…
CEN Networking Night
The Community Environment Network will hold its 2024 Networking Night on Thursday, December 5, and residents are urged to attend. CEO Samantha Willis said CEN held the annual event to…
CEN asks Premier to intervene in proposed rezonings
A rezoning process for 3,440 properties which has been deferred for almost two decades is finally getting close to being settled with new zonings set to be adopted at the…
Airport plan has six major flaws, says CEN
The masterplan for Central Coast Airport at Warnervale does not provide enough accurate or sufficient information for Central Coast Council or the community to make an informed decision about the…
Pause land reclassification, urges CEN
Central Coast Council is forging ahead with the reclassification of 10 Council-owned properties from community land to operational land despite a push from the Community Environment Network (CEN) to defer…
A call to action from Community Environment Network
Following a bumper attendance at the launch of its The Central Coast Deserves a Better Plan campaign on February 13, the Community Environment Network (CEN) has released a Call to…
CEN still fighting for new planning legislation
Community Environment Network (CEN) Chair Gary Chestnut has accused Central Coast Council of spreading “false and misleading information” in respect to its planning practices, as CEN continues to push for…
Suspend Council’s planning powers: CEN
The Community Environment Network (CEN) has called on the NSW Government to suspend Central Coast’s planning powers and fix the Coast’s LEP. The LEP is the Local Environment Plan that…
Top environmentalists applauded by CEN
The Community Environment Network (CEN) announced the winners of the 2023 BE A TEAM (BAT) Awards at its annual Networking Night on Friday, November 17, with Ursula Da Silva taking…
Be quick and have a say on land rezoning proposal
In the wake of community reaction to its draft Deferred Matters Lands Planning Proposal, Central Coast Council has extended the exhibition period until November 15, with the Community Environment Network…
Don’t rezone land until after Council elections: CEN
The Community and Environment Network (CEN) is calling on Central Coast Council to defer its Draft Deferred Matters Lands Planning Proposal until after next year’s local government elections. CEN Chair…
More calls to end shark meshing
The Community Environment Network (CEN) is urging the NSW Government not to award any tenders for the 2023/2024 shark meshing program in NSW waters and to discontinue the “archaic and…
Build a pond and frogs will come
If you’ve ever wanted to set up a frog-friendly garden habitat, here’s your chance. Sam Willis, chief executive officer of the Community Environment Network, will present at the Australian Plants…
Call for a halt to logging in Ourimbah State Forest
The Community Environment Network (CEN) has slammed Forestry Corp NSW (FCNSW) over the resumption of logging in Ourimbah State Forest. The group says the move is evidence the NSW Government…
Two major Landcare awards for CEN
The Community Environment Network’s (CEN) Land for Wildlife (LFW) program and its Wildplant Nursery have both won major Greater Sydney Region Bushcare and Landcare Awards. The 2023 Greater Sydney Regional…
Documents point to Council selling environmental land for little – investigation called for
Documents shared with the Community Environment Network show that at the same time the Property and Development arm of Central Coast Council recommended environmental land at Doyalson be sold because…
CEN to host two candidate forums
The Community Environment Network (CEN) will host two candidate forums at the Ourimbah Campus of the University of Newcastle (UoN) in the leadup to the March 25 State election. Residents…
Plan of management for community land needs a rethink, says CEN
The Community Environment Network (CEN) says Central Coast Council’s draft plan of management for over 2100 individual parcels of community land grouped into 400 sites could fail to meet its…