Gosford RSL expansion plan to be decided by planning panel
A planning panel will shortly decide whether to allow Gosford RSL to undergo the biggest transformation in decades with a range of new facilities for members and visitors.
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A NSW Government planning panel is just weeks from deciding if Gosford RSL will undergo the biggest transformation in decades.
The club plans to spend $32 million to create a significantly larger building which could dramatically change the streetscape of the major entry to Gosford and provide a range of new facilities for its members.
The existing club would be demolished to make way for a 6,800 sqm structure with restaurants, bars, lounges and gaming areas as well as conference and event facilities.
There will be 154 car parks and landscaping.
Hunter and Central Coast Region Planning Panel will meet on September 4 at 2.30pm at Central Coast Council to make their decision on the RSL expansion.
Members of the public can have their say if they register to speak by phoning 82172060.
The redevelopment of Gosford RSL is the latest chapter in the story of the club whose first licenced premises opened in an empty Ford garage in Mann Street with about 60 members.
That building had corrugated iron walls, a tarred floor and no ceiling.
A new club opened in Mann Street in 1960 and quickly grew to 900 members — but women were excluded.
By 1967-8 a major renovation was completed which was opened by then NSW Governor, Sir Roden Cutler.
Women were finally allowed in the club at that time, but not in the member’s bar or the billiard room
Development of the club took a setback when a major fire occurred in 1973 which precipitated the move to the current location in West Gosford.