Optus applies to build 25m tower in Wyong
Optus plans to improve its service to Wyong, Wadalba and surrounding areas by installing a new telecommunications tower at Wyong. The company has lodged a development application (DA) with Central…
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Landowner goes it alone with seawall DA months before taskforce due to dissolve
As the Wamberal Seawall Advisory Taskforce continues to explore options for a permanent solution to beach erosion, Council has received two development applications for three blocks of land at 85-89…
Boarding house proposal back to Court for third time
The long running saga of the Glen Rd boarding house at Ourimbah continues with the developer once again taking his development application to the Land and Environment Court (LEC). Central…
Council backs resource recovery facility while investigating clearing
A site currently under investigation for vegetation clearing is the subject of a development application for a building material recycling business. A $3.7M Resource Recovery Facility is proposed for 20…
Terrigal project refusal to be reviewed
An application to add a sixth storey to a development already underway at 5-7 Church St Terrigal is once more in the spotlight, with the applicant requesting a review of…
Health service aims to repurpose nursing home
Yerin Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Health Services has lodged a development application with Central Coast Council to transform a vacant nursing home at Mardi into a community health centre. Japara Healthcare…
Old farm lifestyle estate would clear 168 hectares
Public comment is being sought, under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act), in relation to a development proposal to turn Old Mardi Farm into a 246-lot rural…
Two-storey townhouses proposed for Warrah St
Local residents have just days to give their thoughts on a proposed multi-unit, two-storey development in Ettalong Beach before the exhibition period closes on October 11. The site at 34…
Resist pressure to develop land west of motorway
Forum – I write in sorrow and anger that, once again, I need to expose a quietly resumed development application for the Old Farm acres at 414 Old Maitland Rd,…
Second storey will create master bedroom
A development application to expand a dwelling at Woy Woy has been approved by Central Coast Council. The 65 Moana St property currently contains a single-storey brick veneer dwelling. Plans…
Time to level application playing field
Central Coast is notorious for its slowness in dealing with development applications (“Developer lobby critical of council delays”, PP 027). This slowness can’t have anything to do with aiming at…
New home approved
An application to demolish an existing residential building in Umina Beach to make way for a new dwelling has been approved by Council. The site at 15 Bena Rd currently…
New home will enhance streetscape
The knock-down and rebuild trend on the Peninsula continues with the granting of a construction certificate for a new dwelling to be built in Palm Street, Umina Beach. Although Central…
Early opposition to North Gosford disability housing DA
A Development Application for a 45-unit self-care housing project for seniors and people with disabilities has already attracted multiple letters of opposition, despite not yet having been formally lodged. A…
Council recommends rejection of Erina DA
Central Coast Council has recommended that a proposal for 131 units opposite Erina Fair carpark be rejected when it comes up for consideration at the next meeting of the Central…
Three town houses to replace single dwelling
Plans to construct a multi-dwelling housing development comprising of three two-storey dwellings in Woy Woy will go on public exhibition on Friday, August 13. The site at 138 Railway St…
Avoca Bowlo submits DA to build new outdoor dining terrace
Avoca Beach Bowling Club wants to reduce the size of its bowling green to the west of the club and build a new covered outdoor dining terrace. It would include…
LPP rejects Bangaloe Stud development … once again
Community groups are hoping that another refusal of Living Choice’s application to put a 165-site residential community on the former Bangaloe Stud site at Kincumber will see an end to…
Residents push back against Brick Wharf proposal
A development application currently on exhibition for a residential flat building in Woy Woy has sparked community outcry after plans were said to ‘spoil’ the look of the area. The…
DA lodged for Wamberal Beach restoration work
Central Coast Council has received a development application for proposed work to restore land for two beach front homes at Wamberal. The homes are 63 and 65 Ocean View Dr….