Council overruled by Planning Panel
The Southern Planning Panel (formerly known as the Southern Joint Regional Planning Panel) has ruled that the planning proposal to rezone a strip of land west of the Highway, between […]
Category Archives: Planning
Gerringong Surf School appeals DA decision
Rusty Moran of Gerringong Surf School says his decision to appeal to the Land & Environment Court about some of the conditions on his DA to operate at Gerroa was […]
Minimum lot sizes for dual occupancies
The implementation of the State Government’s Low Rise Medium Density Housing Code in Kiama LGA was deferred for a year to allow Council to mitigate against some of its consequences. […]
Phillips to be an accessible local Member
Understandably, the new Member for Gilmore, Fiona Phillips, has mixed emotions about the recent Federal election. Gilmore bucked the national trend and voted in the Labor candidate with a 3.6 […]
Have your say on the future of Kiama’s Town Centre
As previously reported, the future of Kiama’s CBD will be guided by the Town Centre Study once it is approved by Council. The draft currently on exhibition draws strongly on […]
Changes to mitigate extension of complying developments
Council has extended the exhibition period for its proposed changes to minimum lot sizes to 17 June. The amendments to the Kiama Local Environment Plan (LEP) are a response to […]
Kiama Town Centre: options to go on display
The Kiama Town City Study, soon to go on exhibition, contains a mixture of recommendations to improve the vitality, appearance and usability of the CBD area. Many of the ideas […]
New plans for Croom mega-mansion
The amended plans for the redevelopment of an old dairy at Croom (opposite the Jamberoo Action Park) into a rural dwelling, secondary dwelling and five farm stays is now on […]
Strongly held values shine through early
Initial work on developing a required 20 year vision for Kiama’s development has revealed consistent attitudes about what is most important about where we live. “I was astounded by how […]
Council rejects western expansion ‘at this time’
Councillors have decided 7:1 not to support a request to prepare a Planning Proposal to rezone land bordered by Saddleback Mountain Road, the Princes Highway and Weir Street. The owners […]
