Councillors are being asked - as a matter of urgency - to sign Council up for a lease for a helicopter business at Warnervale Airport - before they have adopted a masterplan for the site. The agenda for the November 23 meeting states that the finalised masterplan is expected to be ready for councillors’ consideration in early 2025. But in the meantime, a business that … [Read more...] about Urgent airport request – before masterplan is adopted
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Push to increase threshold for Local Planning Panel
Councillors are being asked to double the number of public submissions about proposed development applications before that triggers the involvement of the Local Planning Panel. Currently one of the triggers is 10 unique submissions - and these submissions are usually concerns from residents about the proposed development. Planners for developers complain that submissions … [Read more...] about Push to increase threshold for Local Planning Panel
Cr Eaton raises Deemed Refusals
Deputy Mayor Doug Eaton raised the issue of deemed refusals at day three of the Local Government conference in Tamworth. Cr Eaton asked the head of the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure if the dept was thinking about extending the time limit for deemed refusals. Developers can use deemed refusals as a way of fastracking their development applications … [Read more...] about Cr Eaton raises Deemed Refusals
Councillor promotes sand nourishment to conference
New independent councillor Corinne Lamont has managed to get sand nourishment on the agenda at the NSW Local Government conference to be held at Tamworth on November 17-19. Cr Lamont didn’t get the motion to the first ordinary meeting of council but, despite that, a majority of councillors agreed with its sentiments and that allowed the Mayor Lawrie McKinna and CEO David … [Read more...] about Councillor promotes sand nourishment to conference
McKinna is Mayor
Team Central Coast's Lawrie McKinna was voted in as Mayor at the October 8 extraordinary meeting - the first meeting of this council. There were two nominations for mayor: Kyle MacGregor and Lawrie McKinna The vote was seven for MacGregor and eight for McKinna. The Liberals and Team Central Coast voted for McKInna while Labor and two independents voted for … [Read more...] about McKinna is Mayor
