Central Coast Council will extend the public exhibition period of the new Plan of Management for Council community land as public hearings are set to get underway in early February.

After taking account of the level of community interest in the process, the public exhibition period for the Plan of Management will be extended for an extra week until Tuesday 1 March 2023.

A series of independent public hearings will start on Wednesday 1 February, with two hearings to be held at Wyong Administration Centre and other hearings at community venues in The Entrance, Erina and Woy Woy. 

Interested members of the community are urged to pre-register to help manage seating capacity on the night.

Council Director of Environment and Planning Alice Howe said the draft Plan of Management provides direction for the future management of community land owned by Council. 

“Community land is Council owned land that is held in perpetuity for community use. There are nearly 2400 parcels of community land in the Central Coast local government area.

“This new plan aims to replace a range of management plans from the former Wyong and Gosford Councils. It is especially important that we get the categorisation of land parcels right for the future of our community, as community land can only be used for the purpose for which it is categorised, such as sportsground or general community use ,” said Dr Howe. 

Council Administrator Rik Hart said the public hearings provide an opportunity for the community to understand the key issues about the categorisation of community land before making a submission.

“Each hearing will consider a different set of land parcels that are being categorised for the first time or which Council proposes to recategorise,” said Mr Hart.

"A different set of land parcels will be considered at each hearing, with the land parcels being sorted on the basis of the locality in which they are located." 

“I encourage residents to look at the full list of land parcels on our website to decide whether to attend a public hearing or make a submission.”

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Plans of Management Public Hearing Schedule: 
Wyong Public Hearing
Wednesday 1 February 2023
Function Room, Central Coast Council Administration Building
2 Hely Street Wyong

The Entrance Public Hearing
Thursday 2 February 2023
Workshop Building C, The Entrance Community Centre
Corner Battley Avenue and Oakland Avenue, The Entrance

Erina Public Hearing
Monday 6 February 2023
Erina Room, Erina Centre
Terrigal Drive, Erina

Woy Woy Public Hearing
Tuesday 7 February 2023
Multi-Purpose Room, Peninsula Community Centre
93 McMasters Road, Woy Woy

Wyong Public Hearing
Wednesday 8 February 2023
Function Room, Central Coast Council Administration Building
2 Hely Street Wyong

Please note registration for all hearings is from 5:30pm with the sessions running from 6pm-7:15pm.