At last some good news for the Central Coast on the environment. The threat of CSG drilling on Mangrove Mountain has been temporarily removed, as AGL announced it would sell back the PEL2 which covered the agricultural hinterland and drinking water catchment of the Central Coast. Gosford Council has announced a $1million fund, primarily from the Office of Environment and …
Greens Councillor Hillary Morris supported the decision to refuse the application for development of the Avoca Beach Cinema at the Gosford Council meeting on June 9 2015. Her reasons included that there is a significant hurdle for the applicants to overcome with the use of South End Park as parking for theatre attendees. This area is subject to flooding and …
Central Coast Greens call on Coast Labor MPs to come out and back Greens Jeremy Buckingham & Tamara Smith’s bill to ban CSG in NSW. “In the dying days of the State election campaign, Labor announced they would introduce a ban on CSG in the drinking water catchment of the Central Coast. In 2014, Luke Foley refused to back Jeremy …
We have drafted an objection letter and submission guide to the DA lodged for the reopening of Euloo Rd Quarry in Peats Ridge. Euloo Rd Submission Guide
Central Coast Greens are standing up with the local community, especially Hands Off Our Farm (HOOF) against this inappropriate development planned for Mardi. It is wrong because all Coast planning strategies keep residential estates east of the freeway, much of the land is flood prone but no floodplain study has been done and the evaluation of lost vegetation gives the …
Gosford Councillors only found out by accident that the “minor amendments” to a DA approved by the general manager were for a chicken abbattoir in the drinking water catchment. Greens Councillor Hillary Morris is seeking avenues to have that decision changed, but it may be up to local farmers taking the company to court. Hillary is also investigating whether the …
Dear Mr Stokes, Please continue to work with the OEH to speed up the process of purchasing the remaining lots of land on Bambara Rd at Kariong. This has gone on too long. Our community was promised at the last election that the government would protect Bambara, but there have been too many delays. The landowners may be unco-operative, but …
If commerce is the heart of Gosford, heritage is its soul. Creighton’s Art Deco building, in the centre of the most important heritage precinct left in Gosford, is irreplaceable. It is significant as possibly the last intact Art Deco funeral parlour in NSW, and a rare example of this architectural style in the local government area. The stories of generations …
24 Sep 2014: Our objection to the destruction of the heritage-listed Creighton’s: http://centralcoast.nsw.greens.org.au/wp-content/uploads/submissions/Objection_to_DA46209.pdf
Statement from Green NSW MP John Kaye Greens NSW MP John Kaye would like to make the following statement in support of community campaigners and the Central Coast Greens who today are holding a rally to call on the NSW government to end years of stalling and secure the ecological and culturally significant site at Bambara. STATEMENT BEGINS: It is …