Central Coast Council has been convicted of two offences at Narara Creek in 2023 after pleading guilty in the Land and Environment Court in November. In a decision made public on Friday, December 20, Council was fined $105,600. The fine contained a discount for the early guilty plea and takes account of a council proposition to spend up to $151,900 on restoration works at … [Read more...] about Court decision over Narara Ck sewage discharge
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Council staff to take a break from December 20
Training day for Customer Service teams on Monday, January 6 Central Coast Council offices will be closed over the Christmas and New Year holiday period from Monday 23 December 2024 to Friday 3 January 2025, and re-open on Monday 6 January 2025. Council’s Administration Building at Wyong, Customer Service Centres, libraries and works depots will be closed over this … [Read more...] about Council staff to take a break from December 20
Council ”fragile” and still on a ”trajectory of reform”
Central Coast Council is still in the middle of reform and is still fragile in terms of governance and finances, according to the Office of Local Government deputy secretary Brett Whitworth. Mr Whitworth was questioned on Thursday, December 5, at the State Parliament's Budget Estimates 2024-25 about the Performance Improvement Order imposed on the Coast before the councillors … [Read more...] about Council ”fragile” and still on a ”trajectory of reform”
Urgent airport request – before masterplan is adopted
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
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
