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The Central Coast Regional Plan 2036 aims to build a strong economy capable of generating jobs, providing greater housing choice, essential infrastructure, lively centres for shopping, entertainment and dining, and protecting the natural environment.
The Central Coast Regional Plan 2036 is a 20–year blueprint for the future of the Central Coast.
Our vision is to create a region with a healthy natural environment, a flourishing economy, and well-connected communities.
We’ll deliver our vision through four goals:
The NSW Government has released a set of planning measures to assist the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council (Darkinjung) achieve better economic outcomes from their land.
The Central Coast community has been invited to have its say on the Darkinjung Delivery Framework (DDF) Consultation Paper that proposes eight inter-related actions to help Darkinjung develop its land.
The DDF Consultation Paper implements Direction 6 of the Central Coast Regional Plan 2036 (Regional Plan) “to strengthen the economic self-determination of Aboriginal communities”.
The Regional Plan recognises that encouraging Aboriginal people to gain economic benefit from their land will support broader regional development and environmental and social outcomes.
Darkinjung is one of 120 Local Aboriginal Land Councils in NSW established under the Aboriginal Land Rights (ALR) Act 1983.
The ALR Act was passed by the NSW Parliament to establish a network of Aboriginal Land Councils to acquire and manage land as an economic base for Aboriginal communities, as compensation for historic dispossession and in recognition of their ongoing disadvantage.
In 2016 the NSW Parliament’s Standing Committee on State Development Inquiry into Economic Development in Aboriginal Communities recommended that the planning system needed to better accommodate aspirations of the ALR Act.
The suite of proposed measures in the DDF Consultation Paper will better align the planning system to the ALR Act to help Darkinjung attain goals for the development of its land and achieve better economic and social outcomes for Aboriginal communities and the broader Central Coast community.
As a large land holder on the Central Coast, Darkinjung is key to achieving the social, economic and environmental goals of the Regional Plan.
The DDF Consultation Paper’s suite of inter-related actions involve education, collaboration, revised processes and legal change.
The NSW Government is seeking community feedback on the consultation paper that has been placed on public exhibition from Friday 16 November 2018 to 5pm Friday 14 December 2018.
Feedback is specifically sought on the following proposals:
The DDF Consultation Paper is available on our website during the exhibition period.
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Any person wishing to make a submission can lodge them with the Department via email: centralcoast@planning.nsw.gov.au or by post to:
Department of Planning and Environment
Central Coast Coordination
PO Box 1148
Gosford
NSW 2250
All submissions will be reviewed and a final set of recommendations will be presented to the Minister for Planning early 2019.
Revitalisation of Gosford City Centre as the capital of a healthy, prosperous and connected Central Coast, is a key Ministerial priority of the Central Coast Regional Plan 2036.
The project has reached a significant milestone with the release of the final Government Architect report and approval of a suite of new planning controls to revitalise Gosford City Centre, following public exhibition throughout the year.
The measures aim to facilitate investment in the city to attract new residents, business, tourists and cultural activity to allow Gosford to fulfil its enormous potential as the vibrant, thriving and liveable capital of the Central Coast.
The Government Architect’s final Gosford City Centre Urban Design Framework (UDF) maps out a design–led, place-based revitalisation process that focuses on public domain renewal.
The UDF has been a collaborative process that has involved consultation with the community and stakeholders.
It builds on previous design work for the Gosford City Centre, including the Our City, Our Destiny – Gosford City Centre Masterplan which was prepared by the then Gosford City Council (now part of Central Coast Council).
Minister for Planning and Housing, Anthony Roberts, in October 2018 released the final NSW Government Architect report and a suite of new planning controls to enable Gosford to fulfil its destiny as the vibrant and thriving capital of the Central Coast.
The NSW Government has been working with council and the Central Coast community to develop a final series of measures that will pave the way for the Gosford of the future.
The place–based approach promotes design excellence in the development and connectivity of three core areas of Gosford City Centre:
The approved measures also include the finalised Gosford City Centre State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP), Special Infrastructure Contribution (SIC) and Development Control Plan (DCP).
The controls implement the Government Architect’s framework and will ensure design–led, streamlined, flexible and efficient development for Gosford City Centre.
The SEPP establishes the statutory controls that recognise the state–significant importance of Gosford as a regional capital. The DCP provides the detailed objectives and controls to support the SEPP.
The final SIC will collect contributions for infrastructure that supports growth as the revitalisation program continues to roll out, reducing the overall contributions from 4 per cent to 3 per cent of the cost of development (with the SIC collecting 2 per cent and the local contributions framework collecting 1 per cent).
The SIC follows the Government’s commitment of $42 million to upgrade water and sewer infrastructure to support growth in Gosford City Centre, and $10 million for the creation of a significant regional playground as part of a broader upgrade of Leagues Club Field.
The final Gosford Urban Design Framework (UDF), is a document that summarises the report and the draft planning documents that were exhibited throughout the year and is available to view or download:
The Central Coast Regional Plan 2036 is a 20–year blueprint for the future of the Central Coast.