Planning Panel to decide on development recommended for refusal
Plans for two retail premises and nine residential flats on a narrow block at Toukley, which is strongly opposed by the local community, will go before the Central Coast Local…
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Storytime returns
Youngsters can now enjoy Storytime in person with the Toukley and Tuggerah libraries bringing back Storytime sessions every Tuesday and Thursday. Toukley Library will hold sessions at 10.45 am on…
Make-A-Wish Australia Event of the Year Award
Toukley building company, Hotondo Homes, has received the prestigious Make-A-Wish Australia Event of the Year Award for their Champagne Brunch, held in October. Business owners, Jon and Lyndsey Clarke are…
Man wanted over bus driver assault
Police are on the hunt for a man who assaulted a bus driver at Toukley. Tuggerah Lakes Police have released CCTV footage of a man they wish to speak to…
Residents miss seeing volunteers
Vietnam Veterans Keith Payne VC Hostel’s burgeoning partnership with the Toukley Neighbourhood Centre has been boosted by the delivery of three tablets. The new technology will help residents of the…
Hat trick of major awards for Hotondo Homes
Five building companies in the northern suburbs have taken out major awards in the 2020 HIA-CSR Hunter Central Coast Housing, Kitchen and Bathroom Awards. Hotondo Homes, based at Toukley, received…
Changes at two fire stations
Toukley and Budgewoi have new firefighter recruits, following their recent graduation at the Fire and Rescue (FRNSW) Emergency Services Academy. Three have been assigned to the Toukley station and Budgewoi…
Gurtle, The Garbage Turtle
A group of Year 5 students from Toukley Public School has turned a lesson on plastic pollution into a piece of sustainable art in Gurtle, the Garbage Turtle. Inspired by…
Toukley boarding house refused by Local Planning Panel
A proposal for a former 125-bed nursing home overlooking the lake at Toukley to become boarding accommodation has been refused by the Central Coast Local Planning Panel. A similar application…
Councillors debate Toukley’s ugly “ghetto” areas
The entry into Toukley, with its ugly “ghetto” areas, was the target of a long debate at Central Coast Council’s September 14 meeting. The Council eventually decided to write to…
Schools to share $ 200000 Local Schools Community Fund
[Tuggerah] Fourteen schools across the Dobell electorate will receive a share of $200,000 under the Local Schools Community Fund. Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, announced the funding on January…
JRPP calls for revised plans for Toukley development
The Joint Regional Planning Panel has deferred its decision on an affordable housing development project at 6-10 Dunleigh St, Toukley. The proposal is for a $9.1m residential flat building, consisting…
Toukley Ambulance station construction completed
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Scot MacDonald, has announced that construction on the new NSW Ambulance station at Toukley has been completed. MacDonald said the completion was a significant…
CEO to ask panel to consider resident issues
The Chief Executive Officer of Central Coast Council, Gary Murphy, will write to the Central Coast Regional Planning Panel to ask that issues raised by adjoining residents be taken into…
Hit and run driver faces court
Lisa Curtale, the woman charged over the fatal San Remo hit and run of Adam Beattie, faced Wyong Local Court for the first time on Monday, August 20. Curtale faced…
Harris calls for a moratorium on developments in densely populated areas
Member for Wyong, David Harris, has addressed NSW Parliament to express his concerns about an affordable housing development proposed for 6-10 Dunleigh St, Toukley. “I raise an issue that was…
Five storey, 40-unit, affordable housing proposal
A $9.1m residential flat building has been proposed for 6 to 10 Dunleigh St, Toukley. A development application has been submitted to Central Coast Council by Yoomin Choi for the…
Commonwealth Bank to close its Toukley branch
Concerned residents of Toukley will campaign against the closure of the Commonwealth Bank branch on Main Rd, which is scheduled for Friday, December 1. Member for Dobell, Ms Emma McBride,…
Coast hit by severe storm cell
The intense storm cell expected to break over the Central Coast on November 6 has come to pass, with the northern end of the Coast the most effected. More than…
$40 million Lakeside Gardens approved
Barker Ryan Stewart, the project management company behind the $40 million Lakeside Gardens development at Toukley, announced that an appeal has been upheld in the NSW Land and Environment Court…