Pub baron turns first sod on Umina retail development
Work has finally commenced on a $10M shopping centre in Umina almost three years after the site was gutted by fire. Owner and millionaire pub baron, Arthur Laundy, was surrounded…
Development
Boarding house proposed for 825 square metre block
Plans have been lodged with Central Coast Council for a 24-room boarding house backing on to Taylor Park at The Entrance. The proposed development at 33 Dening St will accommodate…
New social housing project for vulnerable women
A new social housing development in Woy Woy will make it easier for older women at risk of homelessness to access secure housing. The social and affordable housing project at…
Old farm could be donated
Forum – I would like to remind readers about the current push by developers, to, once again, rezone and sub-divide the Old Farm site (per DA765/2021) at 414 Old Maitland…
No site, no design, no shovels
Forum – Do politicians have no shame? We have Lucy Wicks bragging about the Government’s Parking Station rorts scandal as part of a full-page political advertisement, as though corruption is…
Two developments “not in the public interest” face planning panel
Two potential developments on the Peninsula were due to go to the Local Planning Panel on Thursday, October 28, for adjudication with recommendations from Central Coast Council to reject each…
Looking for a ‘sensible balance’ to tree clearing
Forum – In PP032 (Oct 21), the Pearl Beach Environment Group [PBEG] has raised concerns with the CCC over the loss of bushland in Pearl Beach and its impact on…
Affordable housing proposal near town centre
A site opposite Toukley RSL Club has been earmarked for an affordable housing project in a four-storey building comprising 20 units. Plans for 33-35 Athol St, on the corner of…
201-unit development approved for John Whiteway Drive
A controversial $110M residential project planned for 89 John Whiteway Dr, Gosford, has been approved by the Department of Planning as a State Significant Development. The Department said the project…
Residents raise overdevelopment concerns with Council
The Pearl Beach Environment Group (PBEG) has raised concerns with Central Coast Council over the loss of bushland in Pearl Beach and its impact on the environment due to “inappropriate…
1,500 locals ask Minister to save Ettalong from highrise
Over 1,500 local residents have signed a petition to voice their objection to Central Coast Council’s proposal to increase the foreshore building height at Ettalong Beach. The petition was delivered…
West St townhouses to go ahead
A proposal to erect multi-dwelling housing in Umina Beach has finally been approved by Council, six months after the application was on exhibition for public comment. The site at 159…
Panel wants more evidence before making apartment decision
The Local Planning Panel deferred a decision on a block of units at The Entrance pending detailed evidence from the applicant demonstrating the original consent had physical commencement and had…
State significant waterfront tower on exhibition
The Community Environment Network (CEN) is encouraging residents to have their say on the first stage of the proposed Central Coast Quarter development in Gosford before the cut-off date of…
First waterfront tower on former Gosford school site on exhibition
A new public exhibition period has opened for the first tower of the three-tower Central Coast Quarter development in Gosford. The first tower is the most northern one, just south…
Private hospital to add second storey
The Brisbane Waters Private Hospital in Vidler St, Woy Woy, has applied to Central Coast Council to add a new storey to its northern ward and expand at ground level…
Panel to decide Jack Grant subdivision
A $2.5M subdivision at 31 Aldenham Rd, Warnervale is due to face the Local Planning Panel this week. The developers want to increase the number of residential blocks by three…
Fairport unit development recommended for approval
A proposed six-storey unit development for The Entrance, which was first approved in 2006, goes to the Local Planning Panel (LPP) on Thursday, September 23 with a series of changes…
Hospital upgrade creates 40 new jobs
The $32M redevelopment of Gosford Private Hospital is complete, with the final stage of the project, which includes a dedicated cardiothoracic theatre and a new, fit-for-purpose robotic operating theatre, officially…
Better Planning Group seeks to re-involve community in future development of Coast
The Central Coast Community Better Planning Group and Central Coast Friends of Democracy will co-host a community planning forum on Saturday, October 23. Better Planning Group Chair, Gary Chestnut, said…