Central Coast Council worked with community and agency stakeholders to inform the development of the draft Central Coast Green Grid: Our Place (Green Grid) strategy which was on public exhibition between 7 October and 7 November 2021.

The Green Grid was developed to improve urban ecosystems, biodiversity, resilience, urban amenity and connectivity between public spaces and is guided by six overarching aims:

1. Facilitate the development of appropriate technical specifications for effective implementation
2. Actions identified in the overarching Green Grid must be sympathetic to the aims of the other six grids:
   • Recreational Grid: aims to improve connectivity, accessibility and quality of open space
   • Ecological Grid: aims to maintain ecological processes on the Central Coast
   • Hydrological Grid: aims to protect and enhance natural waterways and coastline
   • Agricultural Grid: aims to identify and support key agricultural and rural areas to strengthen production and connection to our agricultural lands and encourage the maintenance of the rural landscape character
   • Cultural Grid: aims to conserve and interpret areas and items of cultural significance
   • Transport and Public Domain Grid: aims to provide green active transport corridors for more sustainable, active and connected local centres
3. Improving the liveability and walkability of local centres
4. Improving climate resilience
5. Supporting ecologically sustainable development
6. Ensuring the Green Grid projects are complementary to the aims of other grids, in that the values of other grids are not compromised through completely non sympathetic projects

The Central Coast Green Grid is the first of its kind for regional NSW and aligns with the Great Public Spaces, One Central Coast (CSP), the interim Local Strategic Planning Statement 2020-2036 (LSPS), the Central Coast Regional Plan 2016-2036 and the recently adopted Central Coast Greener Places Strategy. The Green Grid will be used to inform the upcoming Street Design Manual and Landscape Construction Specification which are focused on implementation at the detailed design and delivery stages across all development.

The community were invited to:

• View the draft Central Coast Green Grid: Our Place Part 1 and Part 2
• Read the frequently asked questions available on the righthand sidebar of this page

Submissions were to be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Mr David Farmer between 7 October and 7 November 2021 via:

• Email: ask@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au
• Post: PO Box 20, Wyong NSW 2259
• Or the online submission form (now closed)

Something you need to know:

Under the Government Information (Public Access) Act, 2009 (GIPA ACT), members of the public can seek access to the submissions and council cannot give assurance that the document will remain confidential.