Event - Community Forum on Planning

Planning is an issue for our local democracy

Planning shapes the future of our region and protects the things that we love. It should be about communities, people and place. It also needs to be about sustainable development and the future - the environment, the economy and the social fabric of our region.

Over the last few years, our community’s voice in planning on the Central Coast has been eroded. The State government pushed through the Council merger, introduced new rules in Gosford that removed height rules for big developers and established a local planning panel to shift decision making away from the community.

Council failed to engage with our community on the Local Strategic Planning Statement. (LSPS). The LSPS sets out the 20-year vision for land use in the local area, the special character and values that are to be preserved and how change will be managed into the future.

Under threat is the local character of our neighbourhoods, our treasured COSS lands and local parks and planning for climate change impacts. Meanwhile, during this period of Administration, the community has no voice at the table.

Join us at this Community Forum

The Central Coast Friends of Democracy and Central Coast Community Better Planning Group have joined together to host this forum. An important coming together of community groups and residents from around the Central Coast to discuss planning in our region - and what needs to happen next.

What will happen to your street, your suburb, your beach, your park, your community…

have your say  | get involved  |  learn  |  get informed  |  get active

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