Seniors’ housing development for 202 residents proposed in Wadalba
A $61M seniors’ housing development for 202 residents is proposed for an 11ha site in Wadalba. The proposal by Johns Road Pty Ltd, on land bounded by 125 to 135…
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22 parcels of land to be reclassified
Central Coast Council is proposing to reclassify 22 parcels of land from operational classification to community land. Land that is owned by Council is public land that has been classified…
Teman acquires Settlers retirement living portfolio
Teman Communities, a Central Coast based operator of independent retirement villages, announced this week that it has acquired five properties from the Settlers portfolio through receivers, FTI Consulting. All five…
Contract let for fast tracked Warnervale Primary School
Construction will begin soon on a new primary school at Warnervale, with Richard Crookes Constructions awarded the contract for main works construction. Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, announced…
Someone needed to stand up to the buzzword-led invasion
[Forum] It is not often I agree with one of our State Ministers, and I will try not to make a habit of it. However, I must agree with Police…
Demolition paves way for Archibald development
Demolition work on the old Union Hotel on the corner of Mann and Donnison Streets began this week to make way for the multi-tower Archibald development, seen by many as…
JRPP approves 15.7m high retirement village development
Brentwood Village Retirement Precinct at Kincumber is to get a 108 bed nursing home. The Central Coast Joint Regional Planning Panel approved the development at its June 16 meeting after…
Coast unemployment rate below NSW average
According to local Regional Director for Business NSW, Paula Martin, the rate of unemployment on the Central Coast in May was below the state average (of 6.4 per cent) at…
Council adopts LSPS
Central Coast Council met a NSW Government deadline with one day to spare when it adopted its first Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS) at its June 29 meeting. The statement…
Disability accommodation integrated into larger residential developments
Central Coast residents living with disability will be presented with 20 life-changing opportunities, when two new Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) sites open in Gosford in September. Ability Apartments Gosford Central…
New 90 place childcare centre planned for Gosford CBD
A vacant car sales showroom on the corner of Mann and Etna Streets in Gosford will be transformed into a 90 place childcare centre if a development application now on…
Plans submitted for The Glen for Women
Gulgul Nyugang Aboriginal Corporation has submitted its detailed plans to Central Coast Council for The Glen for Women Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility at Wyong Creek. The $2.4M project is…
LPP is a rubber stamp for development – Tesch
Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch has slammed the new Central Coast Local Planning Panel, saying it is nothing but “a rubber stamp for development”. Tesch said the panel, which was…
Fears over fast-tracking of controversial project
Kincumber and Picketts Valley Community Action Group (KPVCAG) is concerned that a controversial over 55s residential development at Kincumber could be pushed through the approval process under the State Government’s…
Concerned citizens form planning watchdog
A group of concerned and informed residents from all over the Central Coast has established a planning watchdog group and wants to see more community involvement in major planning decisions….
Indigenous community split over Darkinjung development aspirations
Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council (DLALC) has hit back at claims by community group Coast Environmental Alliance (CEA) that its proposal for a major housing development on Woy Woy Rd…
ePlanning is a big win for homeowners
Gone are the days of filling out paper development applications as Central Coast Council has taken the process online. Since June 16, any applications related to developments now go through…
Mystery remains over future of Broadwater Hotel site
Tenders have been called to demolish the old Broadwater Hotel in Mann St, Gosford, beside the Council chambers. Central Coast Council said 55-57 & 59-71 Mann Street, Gosford, was a…
Calls for submissions on plans to relocate ET Australia Secondary College
Submissions are now open for a plan to relocate and expand ET Australia Secondary College to two locations in the Gosford CBD to make way for a regional library planned…
Development applications go online
The days of filling in manual development applications are behind us, with the NSW Planning Portal going live from June 16. All development applications submitted to Central Coast Council are…