Consulting Spaces / Medical Centres

Leasing an existing Consulting Space

Existing Medical and Allied Health precincts have formed around the centres of community activity such as the Coffs Harbour Central Business District, Coffs Harbour Jetty and Park Beach Plaza. At various times space becomes available for lease within these existing spaces dedicated as 'medical centres'.

Coffs Harbour CBD

Albany Street has become the main precinct in central Coffs Harbour with a large number of 'medical centres', which are home to various specialists and allied health professionals.
West High Street & Scarba Street Precinct is home to various allied health and medical premises, while a new medical centre is being established with a diverse range of specialists operating out of its consulting rooms.

Jetty Area

There are a number of GP and Skin Specialist Medical Practices in this area between the Coffs Harbour CBD and the harbour. The Mid North Coast Division of General Practice also has its visiting Specialist Outreach Clinic here.

Park Beach Area

A variety of health professionals are centred around Coffs Harbour's largest shopping centre, Park Beach Plaza. Medical services range from GPs in the Plaza Medical Centre and soon to be opened Healthscope, to Radiology and the Northside Centre which also operates the After Hours Clinic.

Generally, any spaces that do become available in these areas are leased through the Commercial sections of local Real Estate Agents. You can also contact each medical centre directly.

Commercial Leasing Agents:

Colliers International
1/80 Albany Street
Coffs Harbour NSW 2450
Phone: 02 6659 9888
Colliers website

LJ Hooker Commercial
Ground Level, 144-148 West High Street
COFFS HARBOUR NSW 2450
Phone: 02 6652 1144
LJ Hooker website

Establishing a New Consulting Space

Most development proposals, except exempt and complying development, require approval from Council before they can proceed. This is known as development consent. To obtain development consent you need to lodge a development application with Council.

Check which towns and localities fall within the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area on this Coffs Harbour LGA map.

Before submitting a development application, you should check whether the development is feasible by referring to:

Coffs Harbour's Local Environment Plan 2000
Development Control Plans and
Planning Information Sheets

Generally, under Coffs Harbour's Local Environment Plan 2000, consulting spaces could fall under two different terms:

'medical centre' means a building or place used for the purpose of providing professional health services (such as preventative care, diagnosis, medical or surgical treatment or counselling) to outpatients only, and includes health consulting rooms.

'home occupation' means an occupation carried on in a building that is or contains a dwelling-house or a dwelling, or is within the curtilage of a dwelling-house or dwelling, by the permanent residents of the dwelling-house or dwelling and which does not involve:
- the registration of the building, dwelling-house or dwelling under the Shops and Industries Act 1962, or
- the employment of more than 1 person other than such residents, or
- interference with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of the emission of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit or oil or otherwise, or
- the display of goods, except for the purposes of home galleries, whether in a window or otherwise, or
- the erection of a sign not exceeding 0.8m in area, or
- prostitution.

Further Information

Coffs Harbour City Council provides a host of information for businesses considering relocation. The Business & Investment section includes helpful information on our location, infrastructure, the business property market, local business networks, our workforce and economic profile.

For further details regarding planning, refer to the information provided in the Planning & Development section of the Coffs Harbour City Council website.