Council has secured $183,231 to progress a precinct running from the
University of Newcastle building to Drifters Wharf. Inside it the council sets its own sound
and trading-hours rules, overriding standard consent and licence conditions. More than 800
people gave feedback and 89 per cent backed a trial; the thing they worried most about is the
other side of the same lever.
On 17 June 2026 the NSW Government committed $41 million to help
commence the Gosford waterfront revitalisation, including a pedestrian and cycling link to
Point Clare. An explainer on where the transformation stands, what the money does, and what
is still just advocacy.
Transport for NSW field crews work the Erina corridor from
20 July for about two months. Survey work, not construction, backed by $115 million
in federal funding and $108.2 million in the NSW Budget.
Twelve social and nine affordable homes, delivered by Pacific
Link Housing and built by Skope Constructions, financed by Housing Australia Future
Fund loans and a NSW grant.
Council’s new Accelerated Development Application
process, and the backlog numbers it published alongside it: outstanding DAs down
from a peak of 1,099 to 652.
Council’s own forecast says the region grows 18 per
cent in 25 years, but one district north of Wyong grows fifteen-fold while
Gorokan, Kincumber and Long Jetty barely move. The whole table, charted and
sourced.
