5,000 signature petition to fix The Dip at Wamberal
Member for Robertson , Ms Lucy Wicks, has vowed to take up the cause to fi x the notorious strip of Wamberal’s Willoughby Rd called The Dip. According to Ms…
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Management of hall seized by Council
Management of the Point Clare Community Hall has been awarded to Wyoming Community Centre following an expression of interest process by Central Coast Council. The hall had been under the…
Saratoga development attracts over 70 submissions
An application for the staged development of two residential flat buildings on the corner of Mimosa Ave and Village Rd in Saratoga has attracted over 70 submissions to council and…
Committee working party membership announced
Information about the Central Coast Council’s Local Representation Committee has been made available on the council website. The 18 former Gosford and Wyong councillors who were chosen to join the…
Pop up eateries made unviable due to additional council requirements
Plans to build ‘pop up’ eateries on the waterfront near Brian McGowan Bridge have had a setback, according to the man behind the concept, Mr Tim Gunasinghe, from Commercial HQ….
Gosford Waterfront Alliance to challenge JRPP decision in Land and Environment Court
Gosford Waterfront Alliance Inc (GWA) has announced it will commence proceedings in the NSW Land and Environment Court to challenge the development consent to build an Australian Taxation Office (ATO)…
Documents obtained under Freedom of Information reveal damning evidence of neglect
Documents obtained by the Mountain Districts Association from the NSW Office of Water, show the landfill at Mangrove Mountain has flouted legal requirements necessary to protect natural water resources, since…
Council proposes to reduce public meetings to one per month
Public council meetings on the Central Coast may be reduced to one per month under the merged Central Coast Council. Webcasting of meetings may also be trialled for six months….
Kathy Smith granted extended leave
Labor’s Member for Gosford, Ms Kathy Smith, has been granted extended leave from the Parliament while she undergoes medical treatment for a serious health condition. Member for Wyong, Mr David…
Tiny Homes pilot project DA approved
Four ‘tiny homes’ will be built at 25 Racecourse Rd, Gosford following council approval of a development application for a Tiny Homes Foundation pilot project on the site. Mr David…
Council evicts progress association from their hall
The Macmasters Beach Progress Association have warned that the Macmasters Beach Progress Hall may have seen its last community function, as the new Central Coast Council has issued the Association…
Tax Office construction commencement due in eight weeks
Doma Group is hopeful it will be able to start constructing the Australian Taxation Office’s new Gosford premises within the next six to eight weeks. Doma Group development manager, Mr…
Council election needs to be held before September 2017 – Primrose
A council election needs to be held on the Central Coast before the September 2017 date currently put forward by the NSW Government, according to the state’s shadow minister for…
Avoca Theatre conciliation conference adjourned
A conciliation conference has been held in relation to Mr Norman and Ms Beth Hunter’s appeal to the Land and Environment Court about the former Gosford Council’s refusal of…
Rate rises to follow existing paths
NSW minister for local government, Mr Paul Toole, said he promised ratepayers would not face any “exorbitant increases” in rates over the next four years. Mr Toole made the guarantee…
V8 Supercar venture abandoned
The push to bring the V8 Supercars to the Central Coast has stalled at the starters’ flag, according to Central Coast Council. The council has announced it would not continue…
Purposebuilt concert hall still required
The Central Coast still needs a purpose built concert hall, in addition to the Laycock Street Theatre and the new Wyong Art House, according to the Friends of the Performing…
Expressions of Interest sought to develop the remaining former Gosford Public School site
Property NSW called for Expressions of Interest (EOI) on July 5 for a partner to deliver a proposed mixed-use building at 32 Mann St, Gosford, and develop the remaining 1.1…
McInerney calls for the two further waterfront developments to be stopped immediately
A community meeting held by the Gosford Waterfront Alliance has called on the NSW minister for planning, Mr Rob Stokes, and the administrator of Central Coast Council, Mr Ian Reynolds,…
Three tower Waterside development to be built in stages
Three of the major developments that have already been approved in the Gosford CBD are progressing well, according to Mr Cain King from CKDS Architecture. Mr King is the East…