More changes to The Entrance high-rise flats
For the fourth time since a seven-storey residential flat building at The Entrance was approved in 2003, the developer is again seeking approval for modifications to the 55-unit complex. The…
Development Application
Plans for Optus phone tower at Tacoma
Plans are underway to install a mobile phone tower at Tacoma to improve the quality of telecommunications in the area. Don Small Oval in Woseley Ave is the preferred location…
Revitalisation plans for Sunken Monkey
Renovations estimated at $1.9M are being planned for The Sunken Monkey Hotel at Erina. Occupying a 6,513sqm site on the banks of Erina Creek, the hotel is in a high…
High-density housing and retail at Canton Beach
Another five-storey residential and retail project is on the drawing board to match a similar development already approved at Canton Beach. In 2017 Central Coast Council approved a five-storey development…
Better digital network for Green Point
A new telecommunications tower will mean significantly improved network coverage and connectivity for the Green Point area. Downer Group EDI, on behalf of Indara Corporation Pty Ltd (part of the…
Long delay over Burns Rd boarding house decision
The developer of a proposed boarding house at Ourimbah has appealed to the NSW Minister for Planning Paul Scully to help reach an outcome over a two-year delay by Central…
Two new childcare centres to cater for 232
There will be 232 new childcare places if two new centres are approved by Central Coast Council. One of the centres, for 112 children, is being planned on a vacant…
Dog boarding centre at West Gosford
One of three industrial units on the corner of Yandina Rd and Tathra St, West Gosford, could be transformed to an animal boarding and training centre. The development application says…
Fifty units in nine-storey complex at Terrigal
Dubbed the Terrigal Gateway Development, Loftus Lane Capital Pty Ltd is proposing to build a nine-storey complex with 50 residential units, three levels of basement parking and ground floor retail…
School site challenged to save Charmhaven bush
The location of a new $425M school at Charmhaven is being challenged by community groups because of its high-value biodiversity including an orchid found nowhere else in the world. Biodiversity…
New childcare centre at Ettalong
Plans for a childcare centre in a quiet residential area of Ettalong Beach are being considered by Central Coast Council. The proposed two-storey centre at 10 Lagoon St will cater…
Asphalt plant planning increased production
Fulton Hogan Industries wants to quadruple production at the Bushells Ridge Asphalt Plant and improve processing infrastructure to meet the forecast demand for asphalt in the Central Coast and Hunter…
Updated DA for eight Blackwall units
A revised development application has been lodged with Central Coast Council to build eight two-storey units over a double block in Memorial Ave, Blackwall. The proposed housing at 59-61 Memorial…
WA brewery marks a second Coast site
Beerfarm, a company which already has a successful and environmentally sustainable brewery and paddock to plate style restaurant in Western Australia’s Margaret River region, has set its sights on a…
St Philip’s planning new Charmhaven school
Plans for a new St Philip’s Christian College and Narnia Early Learning Centre at Charmhaven are now on public exhibition for community comment. The $425M school will cater for students…
Council under fire over Niagara Park DA
When Central Coast Council is not selling conservation land for less than its market value, it is supporting development applications that would result in the mass clearing of vegetation and…
Strong opposition to Lake Munmorah townhouses
More than 30 submissions objecting to six double-storey townhouses at Lake Munmorah say they are poorly designed, overcrowded, ugly, facing the wrong way and with minimal green areas or outdoor…
Affordable housing for 27 at group home
A house past its prime at 210 The Entrance Rd, opposite the Diggers club, is set to be demolished to make way for three separate group homes to accommodate 27…
Six townhouses planned for Greenacre Ave
UPDATE: This proposed development is not proceeding (Editor, July 2024) Up We Go Developments has submitted plans to Central Coast Council for six strata townhouses at 33 Greenacre Ave, Lake…
Dramatic contrast from old to new development
Lake House, a 1935 heritage-listed building, will present a dramatic contrast if plans are approved for a $102M development on adjacent land for 414 residential apartments and 11 retail spaces…