Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore Precinct revitalisation
An opportunity to create a vibrant and thriving foreshore precinct enhanced to benefit the community.
Property and Development NSW (PDNSW) is continuing to lead the revitalisation of the Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore Precinct (the Precinct) on behalf of the NSW Government.
The Precinct, primarily owned by the NSW Government, is strategically significant to the State and to the Coffs Harbour region. The Precinct is located on the traditional lands of the Gumbaynggirr people, in saltwater freshwater Country.
Consultation reports:
Planning proposal on public exhibition
PDNSW has lodged a planning proposal with the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure that seeks approval for:
- Changes to permissible land uses.
- Changes to permissible maximum building heights.
- Planning controls for future State Significant Development Applications including design guidelines and design excellence processes.
In this planning proposal, PDNSW seeks to celebrate the unique location, history and culture of the Jetty Foreshore to deliver outcomes for the benefit of the Coffs Harbour community. The revitalisation will be staged and funded, over time, to deliver the shared community vision.
Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore vision artist impression
The planning proposal will be on public exhibition from 19 May to 30 June 2025 so the community can have its say. The planning proposal is supported by an illustrative masterplan that presents a potential development outcome for the Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore Precinct – it is not prescriptive nor determined.
Our work in Coffs Harbour is strengthened by extensive engagement across the Aboriginal community, shaping the masterplan with their perspectives to deliver outcomes that respect and celebrate the unique Gumbaynggirr culture and its profound connection to Country.
View the Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore illustrative masterplan (PDF 1.84MB).
Information sessions
To support the public exhibition of the planning proposal, PDNSW is hosting a webinar and a series of in-person community sessions. To help us manage interest and ensure meaningful engagement, we ask that you pre-register for all sessions as it will allow us to plan ahead and provide quality time for your questions and feedback.
Webinar
Tuesday 27 May 2025: 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore planning proposal public exhibition community engagement webinar
In-person
Location: Community Building, 1 Jordan Esplanade, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450
- Friday 30 May 2025: 4 pm – 7 pm
- Saturday 31 May 2025: 9 am – 12 pm
- Sunday 1 June 2025: 9 am – 12 pm
- Saturday 7 June 2025: 9 am – 12 pm
Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore vision
Coffs’ family playground, a precinct of parks and places, that connects community with Country.
The community is and always has been at the heart of creating a thriving regional economy and destination for Coffs Harbour:
- A shared vision and guiding principles were co-created with the community in 2021.
- The community provided valuable feedback on a draft masterplan, which was carefully considered and incorporated into a refined masterplan in 2022.
- The refined masterplan was adapted further, to incorporate technical and urban design studies, and an illustrative masterplan prepared now supports the formal planning proposal.
There are 4 key outcomes the illustrative masterplan aims to achieve:
- Promoting opportunities for tourism and the regional economy.
- Respecting and celebrating the site and its rich Gumbaynggirr, maritime roots now and into the future.
- Improving public spaces and accessibility for all, to create Coffs’ family playground.
- Providing much-needed housing.
Community building
The Government has delivered a waterfront community building in the Precinct. As always intended, the community hub was transferred to the Crown land manager, the City of Coffs Harbour, on 23 August 2023, to manage on behalf of the community.
Delivery of this hub for the community was the first step in the Government’s plans to revitalise the precinct of a thriving Regional City that which puts people at its heart.
The hub provides support for local businesses, residents and visitors, with indoor and outdoor café-style dining, a greater focus on open space, landscaping designed to preserve the area’s unique biodiversity, and new public amenities. The hub will support ongoing economic, cultural and community benefits for many years to come.
Regional architects King + Campbell designed the building, with representation of the area’s Aboriginal, environmental and maritime roots.
Adjacent to the community hub, a purpose-built space, housing the reinstalled South Solitary Island Lighthouse Optic (SSILO), was unveiled in May 2023. The SSILO, first operational in 1880, is a celebration of the region’s rich maritime history, providing vibrancy for the local community, and a new visitor and tourism draw card.
Community benefits
Located on the Coffs Harbour coast with direct foreshore access to the Pacific Ocean, the site is considered by locals and visitors as one of the most important public assets within the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area (LGA), with a rich cultural significance both to the local Gumbaynggirr people and in terms of European Colonial heritage.
The precinct holds significant cultural value to local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, including the Gumbaynggirr people, and the precinct contains sites of cultural heritage significance.
Since 2018, Property and Development NSW has worked to develop collaborative and productive relationships with key stakeholders and the community in the precinct and surrounding areas. The engagement program seeks to build on these existing relationships throughout all phases of planning, design and delivery.
Key stakeholders include:
- Coffs Harbour community
- Coffs Harbour District Local Aboriginal Land Council
- Project Steering Advisory Committee (PSAC)
- Coffs Harbour City Council
- Transport for NSW
- Crown Lands
- Department of Regional NSW.
Stakeholder and community consultation – key milestones
- 2018–2020 - GHD community and stakeholder consultation, Concept Plan updated
- 2020 - Project Steering Advisory Committee (PSAC) established
- 2021 – Community input on the Precinct Vision and Place Principles
- 2022 – Draft Masterplan released for community feedback, Refined Masterplan published
- Next steps: 2024 – Public exhibition of State Assessed Planning Proposal
In late 2020, the PSAC was established to bring together a diverse range of Coffs Harbour community representatives to provide input into the vision and plans for the revitalisation and activation of the precinct. The purpose of the PSAC was to assist the NSW Government to develop a masterplan for the precinct that achieves project objectives that align with community aspirations in a feasible and sustainable way. The PSAC provided a forum for ongoing community involvement and representation in the Coffs Jetty Revitalisation master planning process.
Our work in Coffs Harbour is strengthened by extensive engagement across the Aboriginal community, shaping the masterplan with their perspectives to create a sustainable and vibrant precinct that respects and celebrates the unique Gumbaynggirr culture and its profound connection to Country.
To ensure our engagement with Traditional Owners continues to be meaningful, inclusive and respectful throughout the master planning process, we have partnered with Indigenous-owned business Murawin to lead a dedicated stream of engagement stream in partnership with the NSW Government.
As part of the broader integrated precinct revitalisation, the Coffs Harbour regional boat ramp and travel lift will also be upgraded. NSW Maritime and Transport for NSW are leading these two components.
Project documents
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Fact sheet (PDF 2MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Refined Masterplan (PDF 2.69MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – A Draft Masterplan to be Shaped by the Community (PDF 8.93MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – A Draft Masterplan to be Shaped by the Community – Summary (PDF 1.3MB)
- Ethos Urban Coffs Jetty Precinct – Consultation Outcomes Report (PDF 16.07MB)
- Ethos Urban Coffs Jetty Precinct – Draft Masterplan Consultation – Highlights Snapshot (PDF 14.73MB)
- Murawin Coffs Jetty Precinct Draft Masterplan – Community Consultation and Outcomes Report (PDF 1.95MB)
- Ethos Urban Coffs Jetty Precinct – Phase 1 Consultation Outcomes Report (PDF 12.05MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct Draft Masterplan – Stakeholder briefing webinar
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Phase 1 Outcomes Report (PDF 14.37MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Draft Concept Plan (PDF 1.1MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Concept Plan 2020 – Gap Analysis (PDF 6.77MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct Opportunity – GHD Community and Stakeholder Consultation Outcomes Report (PDF 4.85MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Preliminary Concept Plans (PDF 1.24MB)
Project Steering Advisory Committee (PSAC) minutes
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Project Steering Advisory Committee – Meeting 11 (PDF 267.75KB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Project Steering Advisory Committee – Meeting 10 (PDF 7.19MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Project Steering Advisory Committee – Meeting 9 (PDF 8.61MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Project Steering Advisory Committee – Meeting 8 (PDF 9.98MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Project Steering Advisory Committee – Meeting 7 (PDF 9.74MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Project Steering Advisory Committee – Meeting 6 (PDF 15.48MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Project Steering Advisory Committee – Meeting 5 (PDF 8.16MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Project Steering Advisory Committee – Meeting 4 (PDF 19.01MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Project Steering Advisory Committee – Meeting 3 (PDF 5.82MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Project Steering Advisory Committee – Meeting 2 (PDF 11.45MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct – Project Steering Advisory Committee – Meeting 1 (PDF 6.06MB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct PSAC Applications – A1. Scoring Guidelines (PDF 40.98KB)
- Coffs Jetty Precinct Activation Membership Framework – Project Steering Advisory Committee (PDF 187.28KB)