Information and Expert Help
Deciding where to start a new business or shift your entire lifestyle to is a huge decision.
You’ll be pleased to know that there’s FREE expert help and resources available to inform your decision. The Cessnock LGA could make financial sense as the right place to start, or relocate your business, or even to host a public event.
Our Economic Development team is here to support businesses. We’d love to get to know your business and help you with relevant information and insights that could inform your decisions and empower your growth.
Our FREE business concierge service can help you navigate planning approvals, provide planning advice and create valuable connections within our region. We can also provide data to help our existing local businesses plan for the future and ensure you’re ready for forecast growth.
Help at Every Stage of Your Business
Investment Attraction
Investment attraction for the Greater Cessnock area is based on the three pillars of Enable, Lifestyle and Support. The best approach regarding investment attraction is to start with a conversation so we encourage you to contact us to discuss your project.
Cessnock City Council will assist investors by:
- Providing economic data and statistics to support business decisions.
- Providing a business concierge service for projects that create 10+ jobs in the following industries: Manufacturing, Health Care and Associated Industries, Agriculture and Aerospace & Aeronautical Industries.
- Providing an efficient and unbiased planning approval service.
- Providing planning advice and planning process guidance.
Additional investment attraction information can be found in our investment attraction suite.
Pre Development Application Meetings
Before you prepare and lodge a development application, we encourage you to discuss it with one of Council's duty planners to obtain general advice. This is a free service, available via phone or in person between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Detailed written advice can be obtained through a formal Pre-DA meeting. These meetings are reserved for significant proposals, including multi-dwelling developments, subdivisions of more than 10 lots, commercial developments, industrial developments, and all temporary events requiring development consent; or proposals with complex planning considerations.
For additional information regarding development applications visit the Cessnock City Council website.
Image of vertical garden by Booma, a Pokolbin based company who were assisted through their DA Process by the Economic Development team.
Economic Impact Modelling
Council subscribes to the REMPLAN Economic Modeling Tool that can be used to quantify the benefits associated with construction, job creation and holding events. This information can be shared with grant funding bodies or investors to highlight the benefits a project may have both economically and socially.
The following tourism impact example has been created using a 2 day music festival with 5,000 daily attendees located within the Cessnock Local Government Area.
We can also help you find your way around bringing public events to life, provide links to paperwork and get you in touch with some great resources to find venues, vendors and staff. Visit Events Help Page
You’ll even find free resources like our Image Library and Filming Approvals help.
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