planning



Council appoints two new directors

Central Coast Council has appointed two new Executive Directors. Ms Melanie Smith has been appointed Director for Community and Recreation Services. Dr Alice Howe has been appointed Director for Environment…


Mega city ‘inevitable’

Whatever Gary Blaschke’s views might be on the Newcastle/Sydney/Wollongong megacity (“Community won’t support mega city plans, CCC 275), in the end they will be of no consequence, because this megacity…




Program to help with recovery and resilience

With hundreds, if not thousands of Central Coast businesses impacted by COVID-19 lockdowns, many have neglected keeping their emergency response plans up to date. A new fully-subsidised initiative from the…


Hyland Bites: No more, please!

Forum – We have the Department of Planning telling us how to direct city growth for the next 20 years. We have Regional Development Australia Central Coast to tell us…


LSPS is just another glossy planning document

[Forum]The draft Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS) is, unfortunately, just another glossy planning document that is long on motherhood statements and short on commitments to clear limitations on development and…





Democracy is under threat

[Forum] Your various excellent publications in May have contained several references to changes in the planning regime governing developments on the Central Coast. I am concerned that the voice of…








Gosford CBD planning proposal terminated

Central Coast’s Coordinator General, Ms Lee Shearer, has flexed her muscles and announced the termination of a planning proposal for Gosford’s CBD. The proposal, versions of which had been in…