Midcoast Council seeks community feedback on Hawks Nest Golf Course Expansion Proposal Highlight Section Myall Coast Myall Coast News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - January 11, 2021January 14, 2021 Map of the Planned Development. THE Midcoast Council have announced a proposal to develop Hawks Nest beachside area. The proposal seeks to build on the area located on Sanderling Avenue at Hawks Nest. It will change the zoning from RE1 Public Recreation to R3 Medium Density Residential, alter the maximum allowable height of buildings from 8.5m to 12m and place a minimum lot size for subdivision of on the land of 1000m2. The expansion also includes a plan to provide over 100 apartments. The proposal includes the implementation of various measures to support the recovery and long-term management of the Hawks Nest/ Tea Gardens koala population. It will also help establish and improve the a variety of local walks and provide assistance to the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Surf Life Saving Club. This proposal is met with conflicting opinions, A member of a local community group spoke, “Because the apartments will be the only structures, other than the surf club, visible from the beach, it will be a visual eyesore for visitors to this important tourist locality. Bennetts Beach, stretching from Yacaaba to Dark Point, is a scenic wonder of unspoilt wild NSW coastline that must not be ruined by inappropriate development.” Contrastingly, another member of the community, Greg Smith approached the development from a view to support small businesses. “Hawks Nest is a destination that has been part of my family for 30 years. We go up there and one year we will go to a restaurant and the next year it will be gone, and that’s truly sad. With the huge increase in visitors over the past few months, I believe expansion is a way forward whilst we can support our local businesses now that there is an interest in the area,” said Greg. The Midcoast Council welcome feedback about the rezoning proposal, with all information and contact details available on the Midcoast Council website. All feedback must be submitted before 4:30pm on Friday 5 February 2021. https://www.midcoast.nsw.gov.au/Home By Tara CAMPBELL
I strongly oppose to this project which will destroy beauty of this beach and make Hawks Nest , place where turist and less desired element invade this still peaceful place. We just moved from Sydney to leave in a better ,quite place . Let them build in Taree or Foster where Sydney people can go to another shopping centre or club to gather together and drink as there is no tomorrow. Act before it is to late.! Reply
this development will make Hawks Nest another Central Coast suburb. This concrete eyesore will ruin our town. It will affect in negative way koala population by adding more traffic to area and lost of habitat. We will have more hooligans revving they cars day and night. Reply
Would this development benefit the Hawks Nest Community, has the golf club sold its soul for survival. Because the locals certainly don’t support the golf club, except on raffle days for an hour to see if they will win the members draw for cash. Reply
I hear that 4Corners have an episode on this development tonight. I find it hard to understand how the aboriginal community and the MCC could be complicit in allowing this sale, rezoning, and development to go ahead. Surely there are many other places for housing development without spoiling some of the most pristine coastal foreshore areas in NSW. Reply
