Cutting down on referrals to planning panel
A modest change said one councillor; an unnecessary change countered another.
Local Planning Panel
Planning panel meeting deferred
A meeting of the Local Planning Panel in May was deferred for procedural fairness over plans for the redevelopment of Avoca Beach Theatre, with no date yet set for a…
Input sought for Local Planning Panel
Community members are being sought to give local input into decisions made by the Local Planning Panel. It’s a paying job, offering $500 per meeting and $71 an hour for…
Community opposes Kulnura proposal
A proposed concrete pipes retail business at Kulnura faces the Local Planning Panel this week. Community members have campaigned against the development application (DA) for 315 Greta Rd. The recommendation…
Blackwall subdivision approved
A block of land at 55 Mullbong Rd, Blackwall, can be subdivided into two residential allotments, despite one block being 18 per cent smaller than required under the local planning…
Decision on shop-top housing development deferred
A decision on the consolidation of two allotments and the construction of a six-storey shop top housing development at The Entrance has been deferred. Applicant Design Cubicle Pty Ltd on…
Approval to build in industrial estate
Owners of a block of industrial land at 77 Lake Rd, Tuggerah, part of the Tuggerah Industrial Estate, have received approval from the Local Planning Panel to remove a proposed…
Forresters Beach DA controversial
A proposal to build a three-storey seven-bedroom home on a sloping block at Forresters Beach has attracted interest from the community. It comes after a previous plan was rejected by…
Green light for Bangalow development
A two-storey dual occupancy development at 23 Bangalow St, Ettalong Beach, has finally been approved by the Local Planning Panel on its third application. The Panel first considered the proposed…
Ourimbah boarding house knocked back again
A site in Burns Rd, Ourimbah, is not a suitable site for a boarding house, according to the Local Planning Panel, which refused a development proposal when it met on…
Umina units knocked back
The Local Planning Panel has refused a $1.095M multi-dwelling housing development proposed for 8 Priestman Ave, Umina. The proposal, to demolish existing structures and build three two-storey attached units and…
Planning panel to decide fate of Umina development
The fate of a $1.095M multi-dwelling housing development proposed for 8 Priestman Ave, Umina, will be decided by the Local Planning Panel at its November 9 meeting. The proposal, to…
Changes to high-rise units at Long Jetty vetoed
Revised architectural plans for a high-rise residential development at Long Jetty have been knocked back by the Local Planning Panel. The developer wanted to eliminate in-ground basement car parking and…
Proposed housing development for seniors and disabled knocked back
The Local Planning Panel has upheld a recommendation from Central Coast Council to refuse an application for a three-storey 45-unit housing development for seniors and disabled residents at North Gosford….
Developer to review plan for Bayview Ave flats
A final decision over a five-storey building for 12 flats at The Entrance has been paused to give the developer a chance to address several grounds which warrant refusal of…
Umina Beach units approved by planning panel
The Central Coast Local Planning Panel (LPP) approved a controversial two-storey block of units for 42 South St, Umina Beach, at its August 23 meeting. Six people addressed the panel…
Saddles at Mount White set to expand
Central Coast Council is to prepare a planning proposal which will allow a restaurant at Mount White to expand by adding tourist attractions and accommodation across the road. The proposal…
Refusal of Point Frederick boarding house to be reviewed
The owners of a block at 14 York St, Point Frederick, have applied for a review of a refusal by the Central Coast Local Planning Panel to allow a 22-room…
New application for commercial and housing development at Umina
A new application for a shop-top housing development at Umina Beach has been lodged with Central Coast Council after the initial DA was rejected by the Local Planning Panel in…
Terrigal penthouse storey knocked back … again
Despite hearing from three speakers on behalf of the applicant, the Central Coast Local Planning Panel has upheld its refusal of a proposed modification on a development underway in Terrigal….