The consolidated Central Coast Local Environmental Plan 2022 (CCLEP 2022) and Central Coast Development Control Plan 2022 (CCDCP 2022) have come into effect today, 1 August 2022. 

The consolidated CCLEP and CCDCP provide a consistent planning framework for the region, which leads to greater efficiencies in preparing and assessing development applications - benefiting the Central Coast community, investors and Council staff.  

It’s enormously beneficial to have consistency in planning controls across the region as the smoother process for development applications and assessment encourages investment and provides a boost to local jobs, and increases quality housing and infrastructure for our growing population. 

The CCLEP is the primary legal planning document for guiding land use and planning decisions made by Council. Through zoning and development controls, the CCLEP allows Council to manage the way in which land is used to strategically plan for the region and shape and support our local communities. It is supported by the CCDCP which details planning and design guidelines.

The harmonisation of the former Gosford and Wyong Shire Council planning controls has been several years in the making.  Since the amalgamation in 2016, Council staff have undertaken extensive community and stakeholder consultation and worked diligently to review and combine the most appropriate, and generally the most flexible, provisions from the former planning instrument and controls. 

The extensive consultation resulted in 750 public submissions from agencies, residents and councillors, which provided valuable input and helped to create a contemporary and consolidated CCLEP and CCDCP which reflects community priorities.

In the future, the CCLEP 2022 will be updated as required, in response to emerging strategic priorities for the Coast. 

The CCLEP 2022 applies to approximately 95 percent of the Local Government Area, with the remaining land either the Gosford City Centre, which is subject to its own controls under  State Environmental Planning Policy (Precincts Regional) 2021  Pt 5.8 Gosford City Centre,  or ‘deferred land’ under the CCLEP 2022, which remain subject to The Interim Development Order 122 (IDO 122), and Gosford Planning Scheme Ordinance (GPSO).  

The next stage of updating the CCLEP will be the environmental lands review, which will seek to apply contemporary land use zones to these deferred lands. These proposed changes are expected to be publicly exhibited before the end of 2022.

Development applications will be assessed on the Development Control Plan and Local Environment Plan current at the time of lodgement with Council.  The CCDCP 2022 and CCLEP 2022 will be used for development applications lodged from 1 August 2022. Development applications accepted by Council prior to 1 August 2022 will be subject to the provisions of the planning controls in force at the time.

The Central Coast Local Environmental Plan 2022 and Central Coast Development Control Plan 2022 can be viewed online through Council’s website, centralcoast.nsw.gov.au. 
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