CEN calls for 'comprehensive Local Environment Plan'
The Community Environment Network is calling for the introduction of a "comprehensive Local Environment Plan ... promised ... as an outcome of council amalgamation almost eight years ago".
"We are urging the community to ask their Premier when they will be given a new, comprehensive Plan," said Network chair Mr Gary Chestnut.
"We need as many members of the community as possible to ask Premier Chris Minns if he will look at problems with our council's main planning instrument, the Central Coast Local Environmental Plan."
He said they should call for the suspension of the council's strategic planning powers until the Plan is fixed via a process that includes extensive community consultation.
"The Central Coast Local Government Area has been under administration since October 2020 and all sorts of inappropriate planning decisions have been made without community representation.
"Will the Premier please authorise the Minister for Local Government and Minister for Planning to take steps to stop further inappropriate planning proposals, State significant developments and inappropriate uses on conservation land, at least until after the council election in September 2024?
"Can Minister Scully please commit to an independent review of the Plan?"
SOURCE:
Media release, 26 Feb 2024
Gary Chestnut, CEN