Council to modify development controls

Development controls affecting the Peninsula's commercial centres will be reviewed to bring them into line with the Peninsula Urban Directions Strategy if Gosford Council adopts its draft City Management Plan.

The review of DCP 159 (Woy Woy, Ettalong and Umina town centres) will cost $30,000, and will be implemented in the 2007/2008 financial year.

The expenditure will come from the Council's budget for "Strengthening local and regional identity".

Patonga would also benefit from expenditure under this budget.

A conservation management plan would be developed for the cottages at Dark Corner, Patonga, at a cost of $20,000.

Half the funding will come from the recurrent budget while the other half will come from a Department of Planning grant.

The project is expected to be implemented in the 2007/2008 financial year.

The following year, Umina Beach would benefit.

A project is planned which seeks to facilitate the "positive use of public space" by focusing on the unique identities and character of Umina Beach.

The project will share in an allocation of $60,000 for the 2008/2009 financial year.

An amount of $8000 has been allocated from the council's arts and culture budget for film screenings in Woy Woy.

These would introduce community members to "historic technology of cultural significance".

Draft City Management Plan, 25 May 2007 Gosford Council