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Collapse Issue 408 - 12 Dec 2016Issue 408 - 12 Dec 2016
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Council refuses Patonga Hotel proposal
Dot celebrates 103 years
Campaign to eliminate plastics bags and water bottles
Bank branch reports sixth consecutive profit
Properties top $1 million in the past month
Peninsula fares well in planning backlog
Sewerage completed at Empire Bay
Four people washed off rocks
Three marine rescues
Time to investigate best solar power deals
Jenna to depart on Rotary exchange
Residents to have say on project priority
Monitoring requested for tennis courts
Five residential units approved for Ettalong
Shops converted to restaurant
President receives certificate
Action group calls for safer roads
PCYC buys archery gear
Marine Rescue life membership granted
Mary Mac's plans Christmas lunch
Christmas activities at shopping centre
Donations accepted for 'giving tree'
Christmas gifts wanted
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Money under the mattress?
It just keeps on getting worse
Hazardous tree needs immediate removal
Replace bureaucrats with workers, or forget the charade
No footpath
Stop bickering and get on with the job
Opportunity to focus on regional plan
Motorway project caused rail underpass canning
Is this what we call democracy?
Donald and Daffy turning in their graves
Vote for fresh ideas for the whole Coast
It don't seem much like Christmas
Same predicament as 12 years ago
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Launch attracts 200 people
Carols at Hardys Bay
Wagstaffe hosts Australia Day events
Four works chosen for Little Theatre season
Award for distinguished service
Raffle raises money for brigade
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Students may miss out if absent on first day
School wins prize for champion steer
School releases second cookbook
Funds for pedestrian safety
Class celebrates disability day
PCYC hosts Year 2 students
Stage 2 students' Christmas party
Students perform two plays
New sunshade for Pretty Beach
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Liesl Tesch wins Paralympic accolades
Trent Buhagiar extends his contract
Jemma is junior sports person of the year
Regional swim championship held at Woy Woy
Old surf club seeks new members
Age group winners in Sydney
Surf club has charity golf day
Jingle to be played at Peninsula pool
Volunteer of the month
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Surf club numbers were boosted by league players

Peninsula fares well in planning backlog

The Peninsula appears to have fared well with its development application backlog under the new Central Coast Council compared to other parts of the local government area.

The Gosford development application portal on the Central Coast Council website shows over 200 applications pending on the Peninsula for around $78 million worth of development-related work including development applications, construction certificates, complying developments and tree applications.

Peninsula works accounted for around a third of applications outstanding.

The value of applications pending across the whole Gosford area was around $1.9 billion with some dating back as far as July 2014.

On the Peninsula, those in the system since the start of the year represent $72.6 million.

Applications still outstanding from last year account for $3.8 million worth of work.

And just over $1 million of the older applications are from 2013 and 2014.

Some incomplete applications for the Peninsula in the Central Coast Council system date back to 2011.

The John Singleton-backed Central Coast Taskforce has expressed concerns about planning approval processes and delays under the new Council.

Taskforce chairman Mr Chris Holstein said the total for the whole Gosford area was around $2 billion.

"And that's only half of the Central Coast.

"Wyong's pending applications could double that amount," he said.

"One has to ask what that would do to the jobs market and business in general on the Central Coast.

"The Taskforce calls for the process to be looked at and if local government can't do it then the Minister should step in."

Mr Holstein said recent NSW Department of Planning and Environment data on approvals and net dwelling completions showed that the Central Coast was 38 per cent behind the comparable Illawarra area for approvals and 32 per cent behind on net dwelling completions.

"The question has to be answered is it lack of cohesion, teamwork, leadership, morale or all the above directly linked to the process of amalgamation," he said.





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