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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-2021-4602 to reduce the minimum subdivision lot size of land located at 14-22 Smiths Road, Emerald Beach."

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 17 December 2021.

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).

Council at its Ordinary meeting of 14 October 2021, resolved to initiate an amendment to Coffs Harbour Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 2013 to reduce the minimum subdivision lot size of land located at 14-22 Smiths Road, Emerald Beach (Lot 1 DP 726095) from 1 hectare to 5000 m2. The intended outcome of the amendment to Coffs Harbour LEP 2013 will enable two existing dwellings on the site to be separated via a two-lot Torrens Title subdivision. Council also resolved to seek a Gateway Determination from the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces to allow the amendment to be publicly exhibited. 

On 4 November 2021, the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces issued a Gateway Determination for Planning Proposal PP-2021-4602. In accordance with the Minister's determination and Council's resolution, the planning proposal is now publicly available for community consultation. The exhibition period is from Friday 3 December 2021 to close of business on Friday 17 December 2021. 

The planning proposal and all related information can be viewed in the document library on this web page. For any specific enquiries, please contact Council's Local Planning Section on 6648 4000 or coffs.council@chcc.nsw.gov.au

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.

The intended outcomes of the proposed LEP amendment will be achieved by amending Coffs Harbour LEP 2013 Lot Size Map Sheet LSZ_005E, as it relates to 14-22 Smiths Road, Emerald Beach from 1 hectare to 5000 sqm.

On 4 November 2021, the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces determined pursuant to section 3.34(2) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 to issue a Gateway Determination for Planning Proposal PP-2021-4602 to allow it to be publicly exhibited. The Minister has also determined to condition the Gateway for Council to be the local plan-making authority. 

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