Chamber wants Minister to impose planning controls

The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has asked the NSW Minister for Planning to intervene in setting new planning controls for the Woy Woy Town Centre.

Chamber president Mr Matthew Wales said he made his request as the Minister, Mr Anthony Roberts, was announcing that the NSW Planning Department was taking over from Central Coast Council as consent authority for developments in the Gosford CBD valued over $10 million.

As Mr Roberts made the announcement, Mr Wales called out "Woy Woy next please".

"Our major concern with Woy Woy is that throughout the recent property boom Woy Woy has completely missed out," Mr Wales told Peninsula News.

"The development controls for the town centre are now 15 years old and they are antiquated," he said.

"We are waiting for new Sea Level Rise mapping and to see how that will affect properties on the northern side of Blackwall Rd.

"As a major transport hub, we should have medium-rise residential in and around the railway station but we have very little new residential accommodation," Mr Wales said.

SOURCE:

Interview, 31 May 2018

Matthew Wales, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

Reporter: Jackie Pearson