FAQ

For electronic/online submissions: This Have Your Say screen has an "Electronic Submissions" section. You can upload an existing document using the Lodge a Submission link or you can type your comments in the field provided. You will be required to register legitimate contact details for your submission to be accepted.

For written submissions: clearly mark your correspondence as a:

"Submission to Planning Proposal PP-2021-7194 to amend Coffs Harbour Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 2013 to allow alterations to an existing pub and to use a vacant restaurant building as a drive-through bottle shop on land at 4/4A Bray Street, Coffs Harbour."

Written submissions should be addressed to the General Manager, Locked Bag 155, Coffs Harbour 2450, or emailed to coffs.council@chcc.nsw.gov.au and are to be submitted no later than close of business on Friday 24 June 2022.

Council is committed to openness and transparency in its decision-making processes. The Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 requires Council to provide public access to information held unless there are overriding public interest considerations against disclosure.  Any submissions received will be made publicly available unless the writer can demonstrate that the release of part or all of the information would not be in the public interest.  However, Council would be obliged to release information as required by court order or other specific law.

Written submissions must be accompanied, where relevant, by a “Disclosure Statement of Political Donations and Gifts” in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government and Planning Legislation Amendment (Political Donations) Act 2008 No. 44 Disclosure forms are available from Council’s Customer Service Section or on Council’s website www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/disclosurestatement(External link).

The intended outcomes of this planning proposal are to amend Coffs Harbour LEP 2013 to facilitate the use of a vacant restaurant building located on Lot 3 DP825181 as a "drive-through bottle shop" and make consequential alterations to the existing tavern on Lot 4 DP825181.

Local Environmental Plans (LEPs) guide planning decisions for local government areas and are the main planning tool used to shape the future of communities and ensure local development is done appropriately.

On 22 April 2022, the Minister for Planning and Homes determined pursuant to section 3.34(2) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 to issue a gateway determination for Planning Proposal PP-2021-7194 to allow it to be publicly exhibited. The Minister has agreed to condition the gateway determination to stipulate that Council is the local plan-making authority. A copy of the gateway determination is included in the documents section of this web page.

In accordance with the Minister’s determination and Council’s resolution, the Planning Proposal is now publicly available for community consultation.