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Calculate your rates

April 14, 2023 by Merilyn Vale

Council has confirmed its ad valorem rates in the draft operational plan for next financial year are correct. Here is council's explanation for how to calculate your rates based on the new 2022 land valuations sent out this week from the NSW Valuer General. "The Ad Valorem rate (estimate) as published in the 2023/24 Draft Operational Plan will be applied to the land values … [Read more...] about Calculate your rates

A new plan for Bangaloe Stud, Kincumber

April 12, 2023 by Merilyn Vale

The land at 255, 255A, 255B Avoca Drive, Kincumber and 19 Picketts Valley Road, Picketts Valley, is now the subject of a 12 lot subdivision. Each lot is about 2 hectares with a building envelope of about 900sqm. A smaller 13th lot will be the site’s "entry statement" according to the proposal before Council. An earlier proposal for a 202 site manufactored home community … [Read more...] about A new plan for Bangaloe Stud, Kincumber

Heir apparent(ly) emerges: revealed at Wamberal Taskforce’s final meeting

April 5, 2023 by Merilyn Vale

  A potential heir to residue waterfront land at Wamberal Beach has come forward. Harold Clarke Thompson died in 1939 leaving Wamberal beachfront land to seven heirs. Council has been searching for Thompson's descendents for years (see links to my previous stories below). The minutes of the March 1 meeting of the Wamberal Beach Seawall Advisory Taskforce reveal the … [Read more...] about Heir apparent(ly) emerges: revealed at Wamberal Taskforce’s final meeting

Comparison figures supplied for fees and charges

April 3, 2023 by Merilyn Vale

For days leading up to the March 28 Council-under-administration meeting, its proposed fees and charges for next financial year did not show the increase - or decrease - from what is currently charged. But at the March 28 meeting, Administrator, Rik Hart, endorsed the draft for public comment and asked that a comparison be included that showed the changes.   The comparison … [Read more...] about Comparison figures supplied for fees and charges

Leagues Club proposal goes from two to five residential towers

April 2, 2023 by Merilyn Vale

  The proposed redevelopment of Central Coast Leagues Club has undergone a second revision since the masterplan was originally submitted to the State Planning Department in 2019. The latest masterplan has some key changes. # Instead of two residential towers, the proposal has five, with more slender residential buildings including a 45m wide landscape courtyard between … [Read more...] about Leagues Club proposal goes from two to five residential towers

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