Multi-dwelling developments hit by planning backlog
Multi-dwelling developments and dual occupancy applications are worse affected by Central Coast Council's planning backlog than other application types.
About the same number of development applications for the Peninsula remain "under assessment" as have been approved since the start of the year, the Peninsula News planning portal shows.
The Council has approved 103 applications since January 1.
Of those approved, one is a multi-dwelling development and one is a dual occupancy.
The portal shows 104 applications are still under assessment, of which 15 are for multi-dwelling developments, 12 are for dual occupancies and six are for residential flats.
Most of these applications were lodged last year, but 30 were lodged this year and five were lodged in 2021, one as early as February.
Since the beginning of the year, the council has refused three applications and has returned nine applications.
There are 17 applications awaiting further information or payment, and eight are in "pre-lodgement review".
Three have been "submitted" and three withdrawn.
Since the start of the year, 14 tree applications have been approved.
The Peninsula News planning portal is based on information available on Central Coast Council's planning portal, but lists only Peninsula applications.
The Peninsula News portal is designed to work more quickly than the council portal, and to provide a better overview of the numbers and status of development applications.
It can be found at http://peninsula.news/portal.aspx.
SOURCE:
Mark Snell, 28 May 2023