Reserve land to be sold to hotel

Gosford Council has resolved to sell part of Woy Woy Reserve Trust land to an adjoining hotel in The Boulevarde, Woy Woy.

The land was originally leased by Council in 1970 to the Bay View Hotel in Woy Woy and is currently being used as a bottle shop.

The lease expired on October 31 last year and continued on a carryover basis.

Following the expiration of the lease, the Crown Lands Division advised the sale of the lease area was the preferred method of management.

The owners of the hotel requested that the Trust grant a new lease, however, the Trust was unable to grant a lease without concurrence of the Crown Lands Division.

The Division stated that the continued operation and use of part of a recreation reserve by a hotel was not supported.

It advised that it would coordinate the sale in three stages comprising subdivision, de-proclamation of part of the reservation and sale.

Council has requested that the Crown Lands Division direct the sale proceeds to Council to fund work directed at embellishing the Woy Woy reserve.

As a result of the sale, continued maintenance of the reserve would no longer be covered by rent and Council would be required to meet the costs from its own funds.

Gosford Council Agenda COR.132, 22 Nov 2011