Free Council-run childcare to end July 20
Community and mobile preschools on the Central Coast will remain free for terms two and three, but State Government support for council run childcare centres will cease next month, when…
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Decision looms on increase in Council rates
Central Coast councillors will decide on Monday night June 22, whether to accept a recommendation from staff to raise landholders’ rates by 2.6 per cent for next financial year. Staff…
Warnervale Education and Business Precinct masterplan deferred
Warnervale Education and Business Precinct has been stymied, says Councillor Greg Best after Central Coast Council decided to defer the masterplan. Cr Best sought at the June 9 meeting to…
Council to host online Innovation Breakfast Series
Central Coast Council will host an online Innovation Breakfast Series event focused around the theme Future of Work on June 18. The free event will feature guest speakers, Christina Gerakiteys…
Council’s water plan under the pump
An idea for a rainwater tank pilot program will be delayed until Central Coast Council completes its Integrated Water Resource Plan in 2021. But evidence is emerging that rain water…
Inaugural meeting of the Local Planning Panel
The first meeting of the Local Planning Panel was held yesterday (Thursday June 11) with a panel member suggesting Central Coast Council needed to look at making sure occupiers of…
Council election date set
A date for the next Central Coast Council election has been set for September 4, 2021. It was announced by the Minister for Local Government, Shelley Hancock, on Friday, June…
Proposed swimming pool removal prompts action
The proposed removal the Pretty Beach swimming pool enclosure by Central Coast Council has prompted the Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association to seek its retention. Association president Mr Mike Allsop said: “We are very…
An interview with Deputy Mayor Jane Smith
[Gosford] Deputy Mayor of the Central Coast Jane Smith talks to Coast Community News about a range of significant planning and economic changes across the region. The discussions ranged from;…
Economic strategy to be open for public comment
Central Coast Council will open its Draft Economic Development Strategy 2020-2040 and its Economic Recovery and Resilience Framework for public comment. The draft strategy includes a list of “priority actions”…
Council defers decision on Carpark plans as objections rise
A decision on endorsing a multi-storey carpark at Central Coast Stadium has been deferred until submissions on Council’s Draft Parking Study and Implementation Plan close on July 6, with Central…
Extraordinary Council meeting to discuss LSPS
Councillors are meeting this Saturday June 13 to workshop next year’s budget and to discuss the changes needed to the Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS) which has just been on…
Consultant engaged to assist with coronavirus impacts
Central Coast Council has engaged a consultant to support the organisation around financial planning and financial recovery following the impacts of the coronavirus. Council said that no one could predict…
Council loses benefit of $2.7M from development application fees
The State Government has picked up $2.7M this financial year from development application fees that Central Coast Council would have received in the past. The fees were for State Significant…
Council supports planning proposal for 190 manufactured homes
The first step to add another 190 manufactured homes next to the Valhalla village in Chain Valley Bay got the green light from Central Coast Council. Vivacity Property Pty Ltd,…
Public artists sought for Pelican sculpture
The pelican has been synonymous with The Entrance for generations, and now Central Coast Council has begun to cast its net in search for a public artist to create a…
Council navigates turbulent financial impact of Covid-19
Central Coast Council expects to be in deficit by the end of the financial year by $41.6M with lost revenues and ongoing costs and impacts due to Covid events growing…
Boarding house approved at North Gosford
A $4.67M boarding house has been approved for a site at 122 Henry Parry Drive, North Gosford. The project got the nod from Central Coast Council on May 20 and…
Local Government push to keep voice at National Cabinet
With the recent announcement that a permanent National Cabinet will likely replace the former Council of Australian Governments (COAG), councils are pushing for a seat at the table. Central Coast…
Water rates to rise
Central Coast residents can expect their water, sewerage and drainage charges to rise by 2.2% for the next financial year, which Council estimates will see a rise of just over…