The Escarpment
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- Kiama's free bulky waste drop-off for eligible residents could end: a staff business case recommends a proposed $19.77 rebate and the $121 user-pays kerbside clean-up instead
- Shellharbour's two-year trial: eligible mobile tiny homes meeting all pilot requirements may be approved for long-term rental without a development application; renting on afterwards needs one
- Wollongong council proposes permitting hotels and motels, with consent, in its general and low density residential zones; the state's gateway says it should proceed, subject to conditions
- The state did not support Jamberoo's two heritage areas. The plan now proposes seven listings, one of them 313 metres of sandstone kerb
- South Kiama's proposed planning changes: three parks, a local centre for shops, smaller minimum lots around Kendall's Park. The state wants more justification first