Major social housing investment needed
In the wake of rising demand for affordable housing, the Labor Party has renewed calls for a National Housing Stimulus Plan to build and repair social and affordable housing across…
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Planning Minister details IPC planning benchmarks
Planning Minister Rob Stokes has set the State’s Independent Planning Commission (IPC) new accountability benchmarks to ensure greater timeliness and transparency in decision-making. The move follows allegations made last week…
Why does Council seem to only meet with UDIA on planning?
[Forum] It’s quite disappointing to hear of the 22 meetings that our Council’s Strategic Planning and Development staff attended with the Urban Development Institute (UDIA) of Australia from 2017-19. The…
All DAs to be lodged via DPIE ePlanning portal from June 16
From July 1, 2020, Central Coast Council will be required to start accepting and processing all development related applications and post consent certificates via the Department of Planning, Industry and…
Approval for Woy Woy aged care alterations
Central Coast Council has approved deferred commencement of $12.2 million in alterations and additions to an aged care facility in Kathleen St, Woy Woy. Development consent for the alterations and…
Draft strategy ‘well-considered and consistent’, says Cox
Central Coast Council’s director for planning, Mr Scott Cox, has claimed the draft Local Strategic Planning Statement gave a well-considered and consistent approach to planning for the forecasted population growth…
Council approves five-storey hotel for Ettalong
A five-storey hotel at Ettalong Beach was approved by Central Coast Council on May 11, with councillors adopting the staff recommendation. The building breaks planning guidelines by being 10 percent…
Crouch accuses Council of stalling major projects
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch has accused Central Coast Council of stalling major developments in and around the Gosford City Centre by insisting they go to the…
$1.5M Cultural Hub announced for Wyong
Wyong is set to receive a brand new $1.5M Cultural Hub to boost its offering to the local arts community but some are questioning whether that’s money well spent. Central…
Major housing and recreation redevelopment at Doyalson planned
Doylo Lifestyle Group has passed its first hurdle for a major housing and recreation redevelopment to be staged over 20 years on 45ha at Doyalson. At its April 27 meeting,…
Council provides financial relief to ratepayers
Central Coast Council has announced it may provide interest waivers on outstanding accounts until August 31 for those home owners who have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Announcing the…
Social enterprise company shows incredible growth
Just 12 months after first opening its doors, Key2 Realty has more than 130 properties across the Central Coast and Hunter regions on its books. The social enterprise property management…
Gosford waterfront upgrade back on the agenda
The long-debated topic of development of the Gosford waterfront is back in the spotlight, with councillors requesting a report on activation opportunities from officers at the Central Coast Council meeting…
Extension of time for Local Strategic Planning Statement rejected
A deadline of July 1 looms for the completion of the Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS), Central Coast Council’s centrepiece of land use planning for the future. It is meant…
Deputy Mayor challenges staff over developer meetings
Central Coast Council planning staff have attended 22 meetings of a group that represents the interests of developers. However, they have not attended any meetings of other stakeholder groups over…
260 residential apartments proposed
An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed major residential development at 89 John Whiteway Dr, Gosford, is now available for viewing on the NSW Department of Planning Major Projects…
Kibbleplex development revised
A proposal for a $345M five-tower development on the site of the former Kibbleplex building in Gosford has reached the next stage in the approval process, with the Department of…
Boarding house approved
An old corner store at North Gosford is set to be transformed into a boarding house with a construction cost of almost $680,000. Central Coast Council has approved a development…
56 lot residential subdivision to be assessed
A 56 lot residential subdivision at 6 Sinclair Cres, Wyong, is being assessed by Central Coast Council. The subdivision proposal by Transtra Developments is to develop 8.8ha of the 20.875ha…
Council ward does not have shared characteristics
[Forum] You would have to feel sorry for the council official given the job of drafting a “character statement” for each of the council wards, given that they were not…