Central Coast Removalists
Moving house on the Central Coast, label by label
Packing is the part of a move everyone sees. Around it sit five jobs that run on other people’s rules: a container in the road reserve, the tip run, the water account, the power and gas, and your pet’s details on the NSW Pet Registry. Each label on this box opens a guide to one of them.
A guide to the official side of a local move, published by Dotto from Central Coast Council’s pages and the NSW and national bodies that set the rules, all listed at the foot of each page. General information only, not advice about your own move.
Five labels, five sets of rules
1. The street
Central Coast Council’s road occupancy licence is about how its road reserve is used. Council requires one for works in its road reserve that affect vehicle or pedestrian traffic flow, and its own examples include a skip bin or container placed on a driveway or in the road reserve. A straightforward application usually takes Council ten to fifteen working days. Containers and the road reserve
2. The tip run
Most households on the Coast can book up to six bulk kerbside collections a year, of general or green waste, each two cubic metres. Among Council’s waste facilities, paint goes only to the Community Recycling Centre at Buttonderry, and Council’s Chemical CleanOut events take it too. Bulky waste before you move
3. The water
Owners change the postal address for their water notices on Council’s Update Contact Details form, and processing can take Council up to 20 business days. Renters are in a different position: NSW Fair Trading says the water account is in the landlord’s name. The water account when you move
4. The power and gas
The Australian Energy Regulator’s moving-house advice starts with notice: at least 3 days to your retailer that you are changing address, and possibly longer. A new home that is still connected still needs a contract and an account in your name. Power and gas on moving day
5. The pets
When a cat or dog moves with you, the address where it normally lives needs updating on the NSW Pet Registry, and for a pet already on the Registry, the Companion Animals Act 1998 gives the owner 14 days after the change to notify it. Pets and the NSW Pet Registry
Who keeps each record
| Label | Who runs it |
|---|---|
| The street | Central Coast Council, for roads it owns. For a Crown Road or a State Road, Council points to the State Government authority instead. |
| The tip run | Central Coast Council: the kerbside bookings, and its waste management facilities at Buttonderry and Woy Woy. |
| The water | Central Coast Council sends owners their water bills. For renters, NSW Fair Trading sets out who pays which charge. |
| The power and gas | Your energy retailer holds the account. Ausgrid describes its electricity network as covering the Central Coast as well as Sydney and the Hunter Valley, and its network area check names the distributor for a postcode. |
| The pets | The NSW Companion Animals Register, which the Office of Local Government administers, with your local council as a registration agent. |
About this guide
Central Coast Removalists is a guide published by Dotto. It is written only from the official pages listed at the foot of each page, read on 9 October 2026, and says no more than they do. Where a rule is Central Coast Council’s, the guide names the Council; where it applies across NSW, it says NSW; and where a national regulator gives the advice, it names the regulator.
Every label is written for a move that starts or ends on the NSW Central Coast, whether it is across the suburb or from another state.