Decision expected on club rezoning

A plan to rezone Ettalong Beach Memorial Club land to allow up to seven storeys will now be considered by Gosford Council at its January 25 meeting.

A special strategy-policy workshop is planned for the afternoon of January 25, so that councillors can be presented with details of both original and amended plans.

The club has applied to rezone its land from "special uses" to "general business", and to remove the existing three-storey height limit that currently applies to the site.

This would permit a mixed residential commercial retail development varying in height from two to seven storeys, which would replace the existing four-storey Ettalong War Memorial Club building.

The land adjoins the site of the Ettalong Beach Resort.

Council officers recommended that council support the preparation of a draft local environmental plan for the club land, although the Central Coast Design Review panel labelled the original plan a "gross overdevelopment".

Council agenda EP.66, December 14