Published on 26 March 2025
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They meet regularly to make determinations on matters that impact on you and your community.
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Items of interest - 26 March 2025 Council meeting
Exploration activities in the Manning
Council will write to MCi Carbon and the Ministers for Mining and Agriculture to express the community’s concerns with potential impacts of exploration and drilling activities in the Manning River catchment.
We will also call on MCi Carbon to meet with the Mount George community to talk through the project and document outcomes to support wide community understanding.
Two planning proposals were endorsed at the meeting which will see opportunities for much needed future housing development for communities of Forster and Wingham.
These endorsements mean the planning proposals now go to the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure for approval to move to community consultation on the proposals.
This is a positive step towards housing supply in our region and will have an eventual positive impact on our local building industry and economy
One proposal is for a future development, including 135 homes, on the Lakes Way, Forster near Stocklands.
The second is a proposal for 276 residential lots on Wingham Road.
Forster main beach fence
The replacement of Forster’s Main Beach fence is a step closer with the awarding of a tender for the project.
The work is scheduled to be undertaken before the September school holidays.
The 250 metre long fence has been in place for over 70 years.
A revised draft Wingham Central Park master plan will go on public exhibition and we encourage the community to have their say
Extensive community feedback was provided to an earlier draft plan and as a result we have taken that feedback on board and made a number of changes to the plan
We now want to hear from the community to see if we have it right.
Draft walk cycle and trail-based activity strategy
The draft Walking, Cycling and Trail-based Activity Strategy will be placed on public exhibition for community comment.
The strategy is a 10-year plan that outlines actions to improve walking, cycling and trail-based experiences across the region.
It builds on community provided information about their preferred walk and cycle routes that was provided during an extensive community consultation process during 2022.
The strategy will be available on our website and will be available to view and leave your feedback.
MidCoast Community Strategic Plan
Councillors adopted a new Community Strategic Plan for the 2025-35 period following a period of community consultation and public exhibition.
The plan is designed to capture the community’s vision for the future and identify strategies to achieve this vision.
The Community Strategic Plan guides Council’s delivery program and operational plan and is required to be reviewed with each new term of Council.
For full details of all reports please see the meeting agenda.