Community workshop on climate change
A community workshop will be held at Ettalong Beach this Wednesday, February 27, to give residents the chance to have their say on Central Coast Councils Climate Change Policy. It…
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2020 Tuggerah Lakes restoration project endorsed
Central Coast Councillors voted unanimously at the February ordinary Meeting to set up the 2020 Tuggerah Lakes Restoration Project to cover the whole of the 77 sq km of the…
Special planning proposals provide opportunity for 1,500 homes
Projects at Lake Munmorah and Wallarah will be two of the first projects to be actioned under a new suite of planning measures aimed at helping Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land…
$350m private hospital & medical precinct announced
A major new private hospital and health precinct is earmarked for Racecourse Rd, Gosford, and should be up and running within a few short years. A joint project by AA…
Tesch on fines & election
Flushed with success after having hundreds of parking fines issued to residents parked on the grass verge at the front of their homes waived last week, Gosford MP Liesl Tesch…
Power station pollution control licence renewed
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has renewed the five-year licence without significant change to pollution controls at Delta Electricity’s Vales Point Power Station at Mannering Park. The licence renewal…
Jackie’s last video is all about her
Jackie Pearson is a self confessed “print dinosaur who has ridden the digital wave”. On the eve of her departure for the next phase of her career the former Central…
Fire destroys Umina Mall
Fire has destroyed a mall in Umina. Fire has broke out in the Umina eight shop mall in the early hours of the morning on January 13. Police and fire…
Federal Environment Minister approves Wallarah 2 Coal Mine
The Wallarah 2 Coal Mine has received Federal Government approval, despite the NSW Land and Environment Court still to rule on it. Environment Minister, Melissa Price’s, decision on Friday, January…
Council’s proposed Pile Burning Policy labelled
Chair of the Community Environment Network, John Asquith, has labelled Central Coast Council’s proposed Pile Burning Policy a “very bad policy”. The policy which has been on exhibition will, according…
Excessively non complying Terrigal development rejected
Central Coast Mayor, Jane Smith, has stressed the need for Council to enforce its own planning controls, after an application for a shop top housing development at 5-7 Church St,…
Things are looking up for Gosford – Rod Dever Video News
Gosford has been “planned to death” but confidence is finally returning, as projects get underway in the city centre, according to Gosford, Erina and Coastal Chamber of Commerce President, Rod…
Mayor Critisises Non-Compliant Building Approvals
Central Coast mayor Cr Jane Smith has criticised the number of non-complying development applications being approved by the Council. She said findings from ICAC reports showed that it was when…
Station building may become retail space
The upper level of Woy Woy station may be used as retail space. Sydney Trains is offering the former ticket office for lease. The 28sqm ticket office space is being…
Sporties‘ determined to reinvent itself over summer
Woy Woy Bowling Club’s registered club The Sporties at Woy Woy will rebrand itself as The Greens Woy Woy. Club chief Mr Kevin Jenkins said the club had drawn a…
Clr Kyle MacGregor recounts achievements of Council’s first year
One of the 10 new faces to Central Coast Council in 2018, Clr Kyle MacGregor, said he believed two of the Council’s greatest achievements to date, were progressing the development…
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…
Mayor not happy with proposed Local Planning Panels
Central Coast Council Mayor, Jane Smith, has slammed suggestions that the NSW Government could be preparing to take further planning powers away from Central Coast Council. Mayor Smith said a…
Shared pathway to join Avoca Dve & Kincumber Boat Ramp
Central Coast Council has been granted $995,000 for a shared footpath and cycleway at Carrak Rd, Kincumber, Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, and Central Coast Mayor, Jane Smith, have announced….
Tourism services contract extended
“A one year extension of Council’s current tourism services contract will enable a continued focus on growing tourism value for the Coast”, Mayor Jane Smith said. Council commenced a two…