Rezoning Hub · Planning briefing
Prepared 13 June 2026
Central Coast Council
NSW · register name Central Coast Council
Snapshot
- Rezonings tracked
- 35
- Applications, 12 mo
- 2,078
- Approval rate
- 83%
- Median decision
- 68 days
Development applications, last 12 months
- Total
- 2078
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 574
- Determined
- 1399
- Withdrawn
- 105
Typically decided in a median of 68 days (mean 102), across 4,055 determined applications.
Live rezoning pipeline
Proposals still moving through the system here, before they are gazetted.
| Proposal | Stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Darkinjung LALC (Kariong) Woy Woy Road | Post-exhibition | 12 Mar 2026 |
| Planning Proposal - 310 Terrigal Drive, Terrigal | Assessment | 17 Feb 2026 |
| Gosford City Centre | Lodged | 27 Oct 2025 |
| Wallarah Road and Pacific Highway Kanwal | Assessment | 15 July 2025 |
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date |
|---|---|---|
| Darkinjung LALC (Kariong) Woy Woy Road | Post-exhibition | 12 Mar 2026 |
| Planning Proposal - 310 Terrigal Drive, Terrigal | Assessment | 17 Feb 2026 |
| Red Bus Planning Proposal 682a Coleridge Road, Bateau Bay | Withdrawn | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Gosford City Centre | Lodged | 27 Oct 2025 |
| Section 3.22 LEP amendment for 44 Hedley Road, Warnervale. | Withdrawn | 1 Sept 2025 |
| Wallarah Road and Pacific Highway Kanwal | Assessment | 15 July 2025 |
| Planning Proposal 682a Coleridge Road Bateau Bay 'Red Bus Ltd' | Withdrawn | 28 May 2024 |
| Reeves Street, Somersby | Withdrawn | 24 Jan 2024 |
| Planning Proposal to allow a caravan park on 437 Wards Hill Road, Empire Bay | Withdrawn | 5 July 2023 |
| MOONEY MOONEY and PEAT ISLAND Amend Gosford LEP 2014 to rezone surplus government land from SP2 Hospital, SP2 Educational Establishment and RE1 Recreation to R1 Low Density Residential etc. (Yield projection at lodgement : 268 dwellings and 93 tourist units) | Withdrawn | 8 June 2022 |
Planning disputes
Planning and environment court and tribunal matters naming this council, newest first.
Painters Lane Developments Pty Ltd v Central Coast Council (No 2) [2025] NSWLEC 105
NSWLEC· 16 Sept 2025
Metro Cinemas Lakehaven Pty Ltd v Central Coast Council [2025] NSWSC 931
NSWSC· 18 Aug 2025
King v Central Coast Council; Maycock v Central Coast Council; Sethan King bht Maycock v Central Coast Council [2025] NSWSC 870
NSWSC· 4 Aug 2025
Environment Protection Authority v Central Coast Council [2024] NSWLEC 141
NSWLEC· 20 Dec 2024
Caruana v Central Coast Council [2023] NSWLEC 108
NSWLEC· 17 Oct 2023
Denny v Optus Mobile Pty Ltd (No 2) [2023] NSWLEC 57
NSWLEC· 1 June 2023