Peninsula Chamber support for Ettalong Beach development

THE PENINSULA CHAMBER of Commerce has backed a range of the new mixed use development projects in Ettalong Beach as the town centre experiences a boom over the Christmas holiday break.

“The Chamber is looking forward to a busy 2023 for the Ettalong Beach town centre despite slightly tougher economic conditions”, said Peninsula Chamber President Matthew Wales.

“The building and construction industry remains confident that market conditions will stabilise with the long term forecast positive for our local centres as a number of key developments progress through the Council approval process and others look for early starts in 2023”.

“The recent Land & Environment Court approved mixed use development on the corner of Ocean View Road and Ferry Road is due for construction in mid-2023”, said Mr Wales.

“This site has been sadly neglected over the last 20 years and represents some of the best beach front commercial land on the Central Coast. The new development will consist of 12 apartments over three levels with ground floor commercial floor space and will be a gateway development at the Ferry Road Wharf”.

Also planned for 2023 is the Court approved mixed use development at #227233 Ocean View Drive which will consist of 24 apartments over five levels and ground floor retail space

“Once again, this development will replace aging single storey retail buildings adjacent to the new apartment building currently under construction on the old Centre Link site”.

“This year will also see the rezoning of the old Ettalong Beach Motel and adjacent lands on The Esplanade that will allow the development of the site for a five-storey mixed use development with the potential for 44 high quality apartments and ground level retail”, Mr Wales said.

“The rezoning will be accompanied by a comprehensive development control plan that will ensure high quality design and compliance with prescribed planning controls”.

“In addition, Council is currently assessing an application for 24 apartments on the corner of Ocean View Road and Memorial Avenue with the proposal due to go to the Central Coast Local Planning Panel within the next few months”.

“All these developments build on the need to revitalise the Ettalong Beach town centre and provide high quality apartment accommodation and much needed new retail floor space”.

“Urban consolidation encourages people to use the lift instead of the car. We want people to live in town to support local busi- nesses and grow local jobs and take the pressure off the local road infrastructure”.

“The Chamber is pleased to see a strong increase in investment and development activity which is a direct result of years of advocacy by the business community. What is now important is for Council to remain proactive and ensure that current and future development applications are processed quickly so that redevelopment and local investment are not delayed”, he said.

Another excellent year for CCGS in the 2022 HSC

Central Coast Grammar School has again ranked in the Top 100 NSW schools based on this year’s HSC results - the ninth successive year the school has made it onto this elite list.

Commenting on the results Headmaster Bill Low said, “As a non-selective school, Central Coast Grammar School consistently achieves excellent results - evidence of our desire that all students reach their full academic potential and our strong commitment to quality teaching and continual improvement.

“Several students achieved remarkable results. These include two students –Phoebe Britten and Isabel Fanning - who achieved a Band 6 result in 10 or more units placing them on the All-Rounders list.

“Three students achieved a very high level in their individual subjects. Phoebe Britten, Amber Knight and Talon Woodward achieved a top ten place in an HSC course. Phoebe’s hard work across all subjects has also resulted in her named our 2022 Dux with an ATAR of 99.25.

It was the ninth successive year CCGS was listed as a Top 100 school