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The Central Coast Community Environment Network (CEN)* has invited the community to the launch of its new campaign called The Central Coast Deserves a Better Plan.
Every Council in NSW has a Local Environmental Plan (LEP) that sets out the rules for how land can be used but, according to CEN, the Central Coast’s LEP is different from every other council in the state – and it’s broken.
In fact, CEN has declared the Central Coast Local Environmental Plan 2022 (CCLEP 2022) “fundamentally flawed” and asked the NSW Planning Minister, The Hon Paul Scully MP, to intervene.
“The CCLEP 2022 is fundamentally flawed when it comes to the implementation of the Conservation Zones (C2, C3 and C4) that are intended to protect threatened and endangered species and their habitat,” according to CEN.
“Our Council’s use of Conservation Zones is based on inaccurate mapping and inappropriate land uses. Central Coast Council’s misinterpretation of C2, C3 and C4 zones means CCLEP 2022 is failing to protect threatened species, wildlife corridors, and Aboriginal Cultural Heritage.
“It is failing to giveclear boundaries and delineation of where development should or should not take place.
To find out more about the campaign and how to attend the launch, visit the CEN website.
“Enough is enough! It is eight years since Central Coast residents and ratepayers were told that merging our councils would result in more funding, lower rates and better services.
“Now our natural assets – endangered and threatened species and their habitat, wildlife corridors and Aboriginal heritage, are being destroyed by a dysfunctional Local Environmental Plan.”
The launch will be held in Lecture Theatre 1 LT101, at the Ourimbah Campus of the University of Newcastle from 7pm on Tuesday, 13 February.
*The publisher of The Point ESG News Site, Jacquelene Pearson, is a casual employee of the Community Environment Network.
