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14 salvationarmy.org.au PROPERTY NEWS REZONING OF SCENTRE Group’s 42-hectare landholding at Tuggerah, known as the Tuggerah Gateway Site has been rezoned setting up a path for the company to move ahead with their plans to develop the site first signalled in 2021. The LEP amendment incorporates the following changes: • Rezones the majority of the site to R1 General Residential • Retains the existing MU1 Mixed Use zone in the northeast of the site • Extends the existing C2 Environmental Conservation zone in the southeast and northwest of the site • Introduces new maximum height limits to the MU1 portion of the site ranging from 4 to 12 storeys (16m to 42m) • Includes the land zoned MU1 and R1 within a new Urban Release Area (URA) subject to Part 6 of the CCLEP 2022 The rezoning was submitted to Council as a Planning Proposal in September 2021, however, the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) was appointed as the Planning Proposal Authority in September 2024 with the proposal being determined as a State Significant Rezoning. The mapping amendment rezones the approximate 42-hectare site for a range of low, medium, and high-density housing options of approximately 2100-2200 dwellings. The housing is to be supported by a range of commercial, retail, community, recreation, and entertainment uses including a new district level recreation park and youth centre. Council resolved at the 10 December 2024 Council meeting to adopt a new site specific DCP Chapter 4.7 Tuggerah Regional City and local Planning Agreement to ensure suitable planning controls are in place and local infrastructure provided to support the development of the site. 2,200 new homes Under the approved changes Scentre Group will build up to 2,200 new homes in a subdivision between the M1 and Westfield Tuggerah. The new community will be created on the former abattoir site with a range of housing types including seniors living., Development of the land by owners Scentre Group (formerly Westfield) is part of a broader plan for Tuggerah Town Centre to evolve as the gateway to the northern Central Coast and to grow the district as a key location for economic development and residential growth. Scentre Group’s long term plan is to redevelop the Tuggerah site which comprises more than 70 hectares with a $2.8 billion transformation that will see Tuggerah become a major city within the Central Coast region. It is estimated that the project will create more than 10,000 jobs. Westfield Tuggerah is rated a Regional Shopping Centre. It was opened in October 1995. In 2005 a second level was added with restaurant precinct with the whole redevelopment completed and opened in 2006. Scentre Group gets approval for Tuggerah Gateway site Tuggerah Gateway Site Get results! For further information phone 4367 0733 or email info@ccbusinessreview.com.au ADVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY IN CCBR CENTRAL COAST BUSINESS REVIEW MAY 2025

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