Central Coast Council resolved at Council’s Extraordinary Council Meeting on 6 May 2025, to write to the Premier of NSW, Chris Minns, to urgently request the declaration of a State of Emergency for the areas of The Entrance North and Wamberal Beach.  

In the letter to the Premier, Council said the coastal erosion currently impacting these areas has reached a critical level, posing a significant and widespread danger to life and property. 

Central Coast Council Acting Mayor Doug Eaton said the situation has deteriorated to the point where several houses are at imminent risk of collapsing into the sea. 

“The severity of the erosion has been documented in independent reports commissioned by property owners from Coastal and Geotechnical engineers. These reports have also been given to the Premier with Council’s letter.

“Given the urgency and gravity of the situation, Council is requesting the Premier take immediate action and declare the requested State of Emergency by 3.00pm Friday 9 May 2025.  

“Council is also intending on calling an additional Extraordinary Council Meeting next Tuesday night, 13 May 2025, to deal with this matter, should a declaration not be made by the Premier,” Acting Mayor Eaton said.

At the Extraordinary Council meeting, Council resolved in part:

• Calls on the Premier of NSW to declare a state of emergency due to severe coastal erosion across Central Coast beaches posing significant, widespread and ongoing risk to lives and property.
• Requests an urgent meeting with the Premier, relevant state Ministers and relevant Federal Government representatives, the Mayor, the CEO and interested Councillors no later than 2 weeks from this date to address this issue.

Acting Mayor Eaton said that a request for a meeting with Premier Minns and relevant State ministers and Federal representatives within two weeks, would ideally by on-site at The Entrance North and/or Wamberal beach, to allow for those present to see the gravity of the situation and the risk to both property and the environment.