Three years later, CSU has planning approval to expand its Port Macquarie campus.

The stage two expansion is broken into two stages - the early works and the building and associated works.

The early works component, which was previously given the green light, features a car park, road and pedestrian connections, utility services, temporary works compound and vegetation removal.

The stage two car park will have 95 spaces with the campus providing a total of 423 car parking spaces on completion of stage two.

The building works include a two-storey teaching, learning and administrative building and construction of a 2.5 metre-wide shareway in John Oxley Drive from the path system in front of Coles to the Kingfisher Road intersection.

Students will be able to access to the stage two building 24 hours a day.

The Northern Regional Planning Panel approved the stage two expansion during its meeting in Port Macquarie on Wednesday, April 3.

The panel's chairman, Garry West, said what was happening broadly at the university was absolutely incredible.

He said a master plan had been completed with each stage fitting into that master plan.

Planning panel members and council staff visited the site before the meeting.

CSU's presence in Port Macquarie dates back to 2012, while the purpose-built campus off Major Innes Road opened in 2016.

The council assessment report before the planning panel said the stage two building was anticipated to provide capacity for the campus to increase student numbers by a further 840.

That will bring the campus total to 1,800 students when fully operational.

CSU will invest $46 million on stage two of its Port Macquarie campus, Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Vann announced in February.

The state government will contribute a further $15 million to the project.

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