Kingscliff Foreshore Revitalisation

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Consultation has concluded


The Kingscliff Foreshore Revitalisation, a three-stage $21.8 million project being undertaken by Council to protect and enhance facilities along the Kingscliff CBD coastline, is almost complete with the park set to be open to the community in early 2018.

  • Stage 1 will construct a permanent sea wall to protect the Cudgen Headland Surf Life Saving Club, Kingscliff Beach Holiday Park and Kingscliff Beach Bowls Club from erosion caused by storm events and projected sea level rises
  • Stage 2 will refurbish and modernise the facilities and services at Kingscliff Beach Holiday Park, to better meet the demands of the visitors to the town, including a greater emphasis on cabin accommodation.
  • Stage 3 will create a Kingscliff Central Park, a community hub linking the Kingscliff central business district with the beach by providing oceans views from CBD businesses on Marine Park and establishing paths for improved beach access.




The Kingscliff Foreshore Revitalisation, a three-stage $21.8 million project being undertaken by Council to protect and enhance facilities along the Kingscliff CBD coastline, is almost complete with the park set to be open to the community in early 2018.

  • Stage 1 will construct a permanent sea wall to protect the Cudgen Headland Surf Life Saving Club, Kingscliff Beach Holiday Park and Kingscliff Beach Bowls Club from erosion caused by storm events and projected sea level rises
  • Stage 2 will refurbish and modernise the facilities and services at Kingscliff Beach Holiday Park, to better meet the demands of the visitors to the town, including a greater emphasis on cabin accommodation.
  • Stage 3 will create a Kingscliff Central Park, a community hub linking the Kingscliff central business district with the beach by providing oceans views from CBD businesses on Marine Park and establishing paths for improved beach access.



Consultation has concluded
  • Accommodation mix revised for holiday park

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    In response to community feedback at the Kingscliff Matters shopfront and a review of holiday park occupation rates, the mix of sites within the Holiday Park upgrade design has updated.

    Key points of the amended layout are:

    • Total number of sites remains at 61
    • Cabin sites reduced from 17 to 8
    • Ensuite sites reduced from 12 to 8
    • Tourist (van) sites increased from 23 to 36
    • Number of amenity blocks increased from one to two
  • Lots of love for local promotion

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    More than 1000 people attended the Love Your Local @ Kingscliff family fun day on 31 July 2016, held at Ed Parker Rotary Park to launch a shop local campaign for the town.

    Rotary Club of Kingscliff volunteers served approximately 700 sausages, while Community Engagement Network members handed out hundreds of Love Your Local @ Kingscliff reuseable shopping bags and loyalty cards during the midday event.

    A steady stream of children had their faces painted and participated in SIBA inflatable soccer as part of the free family event, which succesfully launched the shop local campaign and helped distribute information about a number of Council projects, including the foreshore revitalisation and Kingscliff Locality Plan.

    Engagement Network members also gave away around 100 native seedlings to celebrate National Tree Planting Day.


  • Revitalisation display and Project Manager at fun day

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    Project Manager Stewart Brawley and members of Council's Community Engagement Network will be on hand at a family fun day in Kingscliff on Sunday 31 July to provide information about the Kingscliff Foreshore Revitalisation.

    A display about the revitalisation will be featured at the Family Fun Day @ Kingscliff Bridge from 10am to 1pm at Ed Parker Rotary Park.

  • Project walk and talk

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    Project Management Stewart Brawley will conduct two information tours on Sunday 31 July and Tuesday 2 August, taking participants to each stage of the Kingscliff Foreshore Revitalisation.

    The tour will give residents updates and greater insight to the planning and design of the project and will provide another chance to ask Stewart questions about the $22 million revitalisation.

    Participants should bring a hat and water and appropriate shoes for walking on the beach.

    The Sunday tour will depart from the Kingscliff Community Hall at 1.30pm, while Tuesday’s tour will start at the hall at 1pm.


  • Approval for Development Application

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    A Development Application for Stage 1 and Stage 3 of the Kingscliff Foreshore Revitalisation was approved by a meeting of Council’s Planning Committee on 5 May 2016, to allow the foreshore protection works and central park development.

    The meeting resolution added a number conditions to the approval, to minimise the impact on parking in the central business district, the effects of dust during construction and the impacts on local business.

    Click here to see the meeting agenda item

    Click here to read the minutes from the Planning Committee meeting

    The conditions specify that:

    • all vehicles associated with the revitalisation constructions works must be parked within the work site or north of Kingscliff Bowls Club
    • sand drift from the work site must be managed to minimise the nuisance to neighbouring properties
    • Marine Parade must be accessible at all times
    • Kingscliff Beach Bowls Club, local businesses and adjacent residents must be given regular written progress reports about the works and contact details of the responsible person managing the site

    A separate Development Application for Stage 2, to upgrade Kingscliff Beach Holiday Park, was also approved by the 5 May Planning Committee meeting.


  • All the feedback in the shopfront guestbook

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    Hundreds of people took the time to provide feedback in the guestbook at the Kingscliff Matters shopfront while it was open from 22 February to 22 April.

    Approximately 2000 people took the opportunity to visit the shopfront and speak directly to Council project managers and members of Council’s Community Engagement Network, as part of Council’s commitment to keep the community informed throughout the process.

    Thank you to the 373 people who provided feedback in the guestbook.

    Click here to see what they had to say.

  • Shopfront concludes after thousands visit

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    Around 2000 people took the opportunity to visit the Kingscliff Matters shopfront while the pop-up store was open in Marine Parade for nine weeks.

    Thank you to everyone who dropped into the temporary shopfront while it was open from 22 February to 22 April, to answer questions and provide further information about a number of current projects important to the Kingscliff district.

    Many of the town's residents and many visitors to the popular seaside destination spent time at talking to Council staff about the Kingscliff Foreshore Revitalisation, the Kingscliff Locality Plan and Kingscliff - Dreamtime Beach Coastal Zone Management Plan.

    Keep an eye on the Your Say Tweed pages for each of these projects for further updates, including feedback received at the shopfront.


  • Time to talk Central Park and Community Hall

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    The main focus on the Kingscliff Matters shopfront reverted back to the Kingscliff Foreshore Revitalisation from Monday 4 April, as the shopfront enters its final weeks.

    Plans for a new Kingscliff Central Park and the existing Kingscliff Community Hall will take centre stage for two weeks from 11 April, with displays of the proposed park layout and many of its design features.

    Display boards on the shopfront walls show several proposed features of Kingscliff Central Park, including an expanded cenotaph area, improved beach access, picnic facilities and open grassed areas.

    They also explain the use of gardens in Central Park to filter pollutants and nutrients out of stormwater before it enters waterways. Information will also be available about possible improvements to Kingscliff Community Hall.

    The shopfront will be open until Friday 22 April.

    Recreation Services staff will be on hand to discuss how Kingscliff Central Park will link the town's central business district with the beach and ocean and it will complement existing parkland along the Kingscliff Foreshore.

    Information will also be available about possible improvements to the Kingscliff Community Hall, how it services the needs of groups in the area and how it can be incorporated into the overall design and use of the central park.



  • Attention turning to coastal zone management plan

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    Long-term management of the Kingscliff coastal zone will take centre stage at the Kingscliff Matters shopfront from next week.

    Details of the draft Kingscliff Coastal Zone Management Plan will be on display and Natural Resource Management staff will be on hand to discussion the plan from 21 March to 1 April.

    The plan addresses issues including erosion and protection of assets along the foreshore.

    “The Kingscliff coastline has been subjected to a number of severe erosion events in recent years, requiring numerous measures to restore beaches and protect buildings and infrastructure,” Council’s Natural Resource Management Coordinator, Jane Lofthouse, said.

    “This plan follows a series of studies and strategies to understand and manage the impacts on the coastline along the Tweed and at Kingscliff in particular.

    “This can be a complex issue and the display at the Kingscliff Matters shopfront is a chance to explain the processes that impact on the beaches and how they can be managed to pursue each of the community’s objectives.”

    For further information, visit www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/CoastlineManagement, drop into the Kingscliff Matters shopfront at 2/98 Marine Parade or phone Jane Lofthouse on (02) 6670 2400.


  • Hundreds drop in to shopfront

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    Hundreds of people continue to drop into the Marine Parade shopfront each week, with many residents visiting during the past fortnight to discuss the Kingscliff Locality Plan.

    Many of those visitors have taken the opportunity to vote on a number of discussion points raised in the draft locality plan, including building heights along Marine Parade and Pearl Street.

    “People have really embraced the chance to give their opinions on a range options for the future design and direction to achieve objectives, such as desired population densities, enlivening social and commercial hubs, creating long-term employment opportunities and providing pedestrian and public transport links in the Kingscliff locality,” Senior Urban Designer Jonathan Lynch said.

    The shopfront is open until 22 April and visitors will be able to get information and provide comment on the Kingscliff Locality Plan and Kingscliff Foreshore Revitalisation throughout that period.