Housing & planning · Central Coast Council
Central Coast committee recommends Council receive development statistics; minutes give no figures
The 3 November minutes record a recommendation for Council to receive development application statistics and committee receipt of planning proposal information, without providing figures in those entries.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Central Coast Council’s Environment and Planning Committee recommended that Council receive development application statistics and note information about major project applications on 3 November. It also received planning proposal information, but the minutes’ entries for those reports do not state how many applications were involved or where they are located.
Under resolution EPC-26/265, the committee recommended that Council receive the development application statistics and note the information about major project development applications. Resolution EPC-26/266 recorded the committee’s receipt of the information in the Planning Proposal Statistics report.
The record therefore documents a recommendation to Council and receipt of planning proposal information, not approval, refusal or changes to any application under these items. The entries for the statistics reports do not identify the major applications, list planning proposal sites or provide figures for approvals, refusals or processing times.
Those details would be needed by applicants, residents and businesses to assess the level and location of development activity across the Central Coast. The two resolutions do not specify further action beyond the recommendation to Council and the committee’s receipt of planning proposal information.
What deserves a closer look
EPC-26/265 records a committee recommendation to Council, not a Council decision to receive the development application statistics or note the major-project information.
EPC-26/266 records the committee's receipt of planning proposal information.
Neither statistics resolution approves, refuses or changes a development application.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What figures were contained in the Development Application statistics report?
Which major development applications were covered by the report, and what locations and stages were recorded?
What locations and status information were included in the Planning Proposal Statistics report?
Has Council acted on the committee's recommendation on the development application statistics report?
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The committee recommended that Council receive the development application statistics and note information about major project development applications.
Central Coast Council Environment & Planning Committee Minutes 3 November 2026 Page 12 OFFICIAL The MOTION was put to the vote and declared CARRIED. CARRIED FOR: Cr Eaton OAM, Cr Mouland, Deputy Mayor Stanton and Mayor McNamara AGAINST: Cr Walsh, Cr Castles and Cr Smith 4.5 Development Assessment Statistics and Major Development Applications - Update RESOLVED by EXCEPTION on the MOTION as MOVED by Cr Mouland and SECONDED by Mayor McNamara: EPC-26/265 That the Committee recommends that Council: a. Receives the Development Application statistics contained within the Development Application statistics report. b. Notes the information contained within this report with respect to major project Development Applications.
Item 4.5, EPC-26/265
Open original minutes ↗The committee resolved by exception to receive the information in the Planning Proposal Statistics report.
4.6 Planning Proposal Statistics - for Information RESOLVED by EXCEPTION on the MOTION as MOVED by Cr Mouland and SECONDED by Mayor McNamara: EPC-26/266 That the Committee receives the Planning Proposal information contained within the Planning Proposal Statistics report.
Item 4.6, EPC-26/266
Open original minutes ↗The record is titled minutes of Central Coast Council's Environment & Planning Committee meeting held on 3 November 2026.
OFFICIAL Central Coast Council MINUTES of the Environment & Planning Committee Meeting held in Function Room 2 2 Hely Street, Wyong Tuesday 3 November 2026 Members Status Cr Doug Eaton OAM, Chairperson Present Cr Sharon Walsh, Deputy Chairperson Present (remotely) Mayor John McNamara, Member Present Cr Margot Castles, Member Present (remotely) Cr John Mouland, Member Present Cr Jane Smith, Member Present (remotely) Deputy Mayor Rachel Stanton, Member Present (remotely) Councillor Guests Status Cr Helen Crowley Present Cr Belinda Neal Present (remotely) Council Officers Status Luke Nicholls, Director Environment and Planning Present Shannon Turkington,
Meeting heading
Open original minutes ↗The entries for the development application and planning proposal statistics reports do not provide underlying figures, application locations or details of the major applications.
Central Coast Council Environment & Planning Committee Minutes 3 November 2026 Page 12 OFFICIAL The MOTION was put to the vote and declared CARRIED. CARRIED FOR: Cr Eaton OAM, Cr Mouland, Deputy Mayor Stanton and Mayor McNamara AGAINST: Cr Walsh, Cr Castles and Cr Smith 4.5 Development Assessment Statistics and Major Development Applications - Update RESOLVED by EXCEPTION on the MOTION as MOVED by Cr Mouland and SECONDED by Mayor McNamara: EPC-26/265 That the Committee recommends that Council: a. Receives the Development Application statistics contained within the Development Application statistics report. b. Notes the information contained within this report with respect to major project Development Applications. 4.6 Planning Proposal Statistics - for Information RESOLVED by EXCEPTION on the MOTION as MOVED by Cr Mouland and SECONDED by Mayor McNamara: EPC-26/266 That the Committee receives the Planning Proposal information contained within the Planning Proposal Statistics report.
Items 4.5 and 4.6
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the supplied minutes of Central Coast Council’s Environment & Planning Committee meeting held on 3 November 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The Environment and Planning Committee dealt with the development assessment and major development applications update on 3 November 2026.
- The committee recommended that Council receive the development application statistics and note the information about major project development applications.
- The committee also resolved to receive the information in the Planning Proposal Statistics report.
- The statistics entries in the supplied minutes do not include the underlying figures or details of the major applications.
Why it matters
- The minutes record a recommendation for Council to receive development application statistics and committee receipt of planning proposal information, but the statistics entries do not provide the figures, locations or application details needed to assess development activity across the Central Coast.