Central Coast Council will host a second Developers Forum to help get development moving on the Central Coast.

The forum will be held on Tuesday 23 May at 5.30 in the AJ Taylor Function Room at the Wyong Office in Hely Street, Wyong.

Council Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said this second forum will continue the conversation with the development sector about how to best deliver housing and infrastructure for the growing Central Coast community and provide an opportunity for developers who were unable to attend the first forum to discuss development issues directly with Council .

“We need to ensure our planning controls and policies deliver the development we want – sustainable and innovative – and that developers are able to build,” Mr Reynolds said.

“We need to have developers on board with our real and exciting plans to activate our town centres and public spaces and to make the Coast the very best it can be.”

Council Group Leader Environment and Planning, Mr Scott Cox, said work was underway to prepare one consolidated Local Environment Plan (LEP) to guide future development on the Coast and the input of developers was vital to the process.

“As Central Coast Council celebrates its first birthday this week, we continue to move closer to our ultimate goal of finding a consistent approach that will help improve our local environment and encourage investment, create new jobs and quality housing for our growing population,” Mr Cox said.

“Creating diversity in housing is crucial as we need to provide 41,500 additional houses by 2036 to meet the population increase on the Coast.

“This is also a priority of the State Government who have set a benchmark of 40 days for Councils to turn Housing DAs around.

“We is aiming to beat this standard, so Council is not standing in the way of new housing and we can get sustainable development in this area moving faster.”

To register interest in attending the forum go to www.developersccc.eventbrite.com.au