Council is considering selling its share of the combined commuter/shopper carpark at Deepwater Plaza to the proposed new owners of the plaza. Council won’t reveal how much it would sell its parking spaces but says the most recent valuation of the entire area by the Valuer General is $3,300,000 inclusive of GST. Council is the owner of a multistorey commuter car park located … [Read more...] about Council to consider selling Woy Woy car park
Webinar Wednesday, February 22
Community Environment Network (CEN) will hold a webinar tomorrow night, Wednesday, February 22, to assist community members get their heads around Council’s plans for community land. The webinar is aimed at assisting community members to write their submissions on Council's draft plan of management for over 2100 individual parcels of community land grouped into 400 … [Read more...] about Webinar Wednesday, February 22
Council suggests Crown buys Thompson land
Looks like the seven heirs of Harold Clarke Thompson, who died in 1939, have not been found. Council has been searching for the owners of the beachfront land at Wamberal since before the Wamberal Seawall Taskforce was formed in 2020. Thompson’s descendents own the sliver of land between the mean high water mark and the seaward boundaries of the beachfront lots south of ‘The … [Read more...] about Council suggests Crown buys Thompson land
LG NSW president criticises loss of democracy and planning processes
Photo: Cr Turley at the LG NSW conference in 2022. “Perhaps the most consistent message I hear from my discussions with members is the continuing erosion of local democracy by the State Government," says the president of Local Government NSW, Darriea Turley. Cr Turley, a councillor at Broken Hill, said cost shifting was one example of the phenomenon, but the results could be … [Read more...] about LG NSW president criticises loss of democracy and planning processes
Population to treble in greater Warnervale area
The population of Warnervale and surrounding suburbs is expected to almost treble from the numbers of 2021, with nearly 57,000 people to call Warnervale home by 2041. A total of 20,162 were living within the Greater Warnervale area in 2021 according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics Estimated Resident Population (ABS ERP 2021), and quoted by Council.* So Council is … [Read more...] about Population to treble in greater Warnervale area
