Central Coast Council is seeking Expressions of Interest from people who live or work on the coast to be part of a Community Focus Group (CFG) for the Tuggerah Lakes Estuary Coastal Management Program. The Tuggerah Lakes Estuary catchment is about 790 square kilometres and takes in the plateaus of Kulnura and Somersby, the river valleys of Dooralong, Yarramalong and Ourimbah … [Read more...] about Share your Tuggerah Lakes knowledge
Public Exhibition
Burns Place Conservation Plan open for feedback
Central Coast Council is inviting community feedback until Wednesday July 23 on a Draft Conservation Management Plan for Burns Place, Gosford. The plan outlines best practice heritage conservation and ensures the ongoing preservation of Burns Place now and into the future, Council said. Located on Mann Street opposite the Gosford train station, Burns Place was heritage listed … [Read more...] about Burns Place Conservation Plan open for feedback
Have your say on rates rise
The draft budget for the next financial year was adopted by the councillors on April 29 and is now on public exhibition. Council wants to raise rates by 4.3 per cent; the highest allowed under IPART's rate pegging system. It also wants to increase most fees and charges by about three per cent although some are slated to go higher and others remain the same. The long term … [Read more...] about Have your say on rates rise
Have your say on councillor expenses policy
The amount of money councillors recouped for their expenses was tabled at the March meeting - as was some statistics on their attendance and other actions. The matter was adopted “en masse” so it wasn’t discussed. Also passed without debate at the March 25 meeting was the fact that an updated Councillors’ Expenses Policy is now on public exhibition for residents to have … [Read more...] about Have your say on councillor expenses policy
Planning Panel rejects new Avoca Lake house and fence
A proposed rabbit proof fence on land the public uses to walk along the Southern edge of Avoca Lake has been rejected by the Local Planning Panel along with the new home proposed to be built behind it. Council received a proposal to demolish the existing home at 1 Ficus Ave, Avoca Beach, and to replace it with a two storey home with seven bedrooms upstairs each ‘’serviced by … [Read more...] about Planning Panel rejects new Avoca Lake house and fence
