Issue 115 April 26, 2017
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Strategic Plan is Rezoning request by your chance to have quarry owner likely your say about the to be rejected A Coast’s future request by the owner of Crangan Bay Quarry to rezone 79 hectares of land, was expected to be declined by Central Coast Council at its ordinary meeting on April 26. Wycob Pty Ltd wanted to have the property at 475 to 535 Pacific Hwy, Crangan Bay, rezoned from E3 Environmental Management to RU1 Primary Production, as part of a draft Major Amendment to the Wyong
esidents young and old from every one of the Central Coast’s diverse and interconnected communities, are being asked to contribute to the first ever combined Central Coast Council 10-year strategic plan. Ms Julie Vaughan, Council’s Group Leader of Connected Communities, said that the process of putting the plan together was in the first of its critical phases.
“Between April and June, we will be using a range of avenues to gather data from the community about what it wants to see in the strategic plan,” Ms Vaughan said. “We are saying that here is your opportunity to shape the future of where you live,” Ms Vaughan said. “Do you want to help shape the future of the Central Coast, share your thoughts to help us create a shared vision and direction for the whole Central Coast? “We need to get this
right, we have got one opportunity. “Part of the challenge is making sure we get broad representation. “We need to plan as a region, but we also know that what is important to the community is their own local community and their own back yard. “We understand the plan needs to consider what is great about Kulnura and about Terrigal, but also what those residents imagine for the broader Central Coast. Continued on P4
“No strategic planning investigative reports have been submitted to Council to inform the proposed rezoning. “RU1 Primary Production is not an appropriate zone for the site, as this land is not suited for any rural activity other than the current existing use,” the report said. “Rezoning to RU1 Primary Production would create an isolated pocket of rural land. Continued on P3
Residents’ meeting calls for more EPA air pollution monitoring
A recent Council pop up at Bateau Bay is one of the ways Central Coast Council is engaging with the community to put together its new strategic plan
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Local Environmental Plan 2013 (WLEP 2013). A report from Council’s Planning Department to the Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said Wycob’s request was “contrary to the existing strategic planning for the area as outlined in the Central Coast Regional Strategy (CCRS), North Wyong Shire Structure Plan, Central Coast Regional Plan 2036 and Council’s Settlement Strategy”. Other reasons given for the recommendation to decline the rezoning request included that
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h e a t e d community meeting of residents who live near the Eraring and Vales Point power stations has called for the NSW Government to get serious about monitoring air pollution from coalfired power stations. Residents at the meeting in Wyee were angry that there was only
one EPA air pollution monitoring station on the Central Coast and it is located far from the power stations. The meeting called on the government to dramatically increase monitoring. Community members also expressed concern that the power stations would continue to pose a public health threat long after their scheduled closure in the next decade or so.
They called on NSW Environment Minister, Ms Gabrielle Upton, to make sure power station owners were held responsible for the costs of decommissioning, rehabilitating and managing their toxic legacy. “We urge the NSW Government to hold bonds to protect community health
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