Plans Made To Reinvent Long Jetty

Newcastle Herald

Thursday September 4, 2008

By SARAH CONSTABLE and CASEY CHAPPELL

WYONG Shire Council has proposed to rezone the Long Jetty area, leaving many local small business owners unsure about their future.

The council plans to rezone the area from business to residential to allow for multi-storey residential buildings.

"If this goes ahead, we will have to close," one business owner said.

"It's too expensive to move and the council is making it hard for anyone to stay where they are now."

A further complication for local businesses is that if they expand on their original floor space by more than 10 per cent they will be forced to move to a central shopping district further north.

Another business owner said "it is going to be problematic for business owners because location is the key to business".

The business owner also said that although they were not going to be directly affected, they were still going to be affected by the construction.

A protest by the business owners is being overseen by McLachlan Partners Real Estate.

Lakes Grammar unsuccessfully tried to obtain comment from the council.

A new council will be elected soon to vote on the issue later this year.

© 2008 Newcastle Herald

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