Council controls a range of official flag poles and street banner infrastructure across the Coast. In response to community interest, Council has drafted the following documents, on which it sought community feedback:

• Draft Flying of Flags Policy
• Draft Street Banner Policy
• Draft Street Banner Guidelines

The draft Flying of Flags Policy establishes guidelines for the flying of official flags on Council owned or operated buildings or property.

The administration of official flag poles is guided by State and Federal Government protocol and these poles are for official and national flags to be flown, including the Australian National flag, the Aboriginal flag, the Torres Strait Islander flag, the State of New South Wales flag and the Central Coast Council official flag.

The Draft Flying of Flags Policy states that official flags will only be permitted to be flown on official flag poles, while complying with the State and Federal Government protocols.

Council also manages a range of street banner infrastructure at various town centres and key roads across the Coast, which provide local community groups with an opportunity to promote and celebrate various community events, activities or significant occasions.

The draft Street Banner Policy and Draft Street Banner Guidelines provides a uniform approach to Council’s management of banner infrastructure and provide opportunities to be widely accessible and utilised by the community.

The community benefit is in providing clarity in the use of Council’s street banner infrastructure and the aligned approach will provide a simplified way for the community to access the town centre and community banner infrastructure, with some improvements including:

• The one booking system for all relevant infrastructure
• Clear design and content guidelines and banner specifications
• Council, through existing fees and charges, will manage installation and removal of all banners, removing the requirement for community groups to coordinate this component themselves

The community’s voice is important as we develop policies.

Throughout the development of these draft documents, Council officers engaged with a diverse range of key stakeholders including current banner infrastructure users, town centre businesses and business chambers.

The broader community were invited to have their say between 27 July and 23 August 2022, before the policies are finalised and adopted. The community was invited to:

• Read the draft Street Banner Policy
• Read the draft Flying of Flags Policy
• Read the draft Street Banner Guidelines
• View the Frequently Asked Questions (available below)

Submissions were addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Mr David Farmer between 27 July and 5pm 23 August 2022 via:

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

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