Planning for Patonga

A Cottages Development Control Plan (DCP) will be prepared by Gosford Council within the coming year, and is expected to apply to most of the Patonga area, according to Gosford mayor Cr Malcolm Brooks.

Cr Brooks said it was envisaged that the DCP would apply to most of the Patonga area and would provide "detailed guidelines for development".

He said the public would be invited to participate in the preparation of the DCP.

Cr Brooks detailed the introduction of the DCP in response to a letter from concerned Patonga residents over a local community organization's survey about a Patonga Development Control Plan.

The DCP 159 Character was introduced by council on May 17, 2002, and currently applies to about half the urban and coastal areas of the city and will shortly apply to the remainder, according to Cr Brooks.

Cr Brooks said DCP 159 outlines the existing and future character of an area and resulted from considerable consultation with the community, including individual invitations to residents to be involved in the consultation process.

Cr Brooks said council staff were not working on any amendments to DCP 159 character statements for Patonga specifically, nor were they liaising with any organization in Patonga in that regard, though council would be updating DCP 159 in the short term to aid in its understanding and readability.

Letter, August 15 Cr Malcolm Brooks, Gosford Council