Members from the council's access committee and Port Macquarie's House With No Steps met in Dunbogan to overlook the plans for the construction of the platform.

The $100,000 platform will extend seven metres from the rock wall out over the river, near the accessible car parking at Dunbogan Reserve, and will be nine metres long.

"The final look of the platform will be similar to the Lady Nelson wharf at the Town Green in Port Macquarie," said Gary Randall, the council's group manager of infrastructure delivery.

"There will be a path linking the wheelchair accessible car park to the platform.

"This is the ideal place for the platform. There's access to fish scaling tables, community hall, toilets, barbecues, park and playground. By building the platform seven metres out over the water people will be able to drop a line straight into the deeper water rather than having to cast over the rocks and oysters."

The council's Place facilitator Julie Priest said the platform, located in a good fishing spot, will be a great attraction for people of all ages and abilities.

"The access committee spent a day with members of the Laurieton United Services Club and Laurieton Hotel fishing clubs to go through not only ideal places for the platform, but places where people can and do actually catch fish," Ms Priest said.

"The council applied to the NSW Department of Primary Industries for the $100,000 grant to build the platform. The grant comes from the NSW Recreational Fishing Trust, which is the money collected from recreational fishing licences."

Mike Ipsen, North Haven local and member of the council's access committee, is looking forward to dropping a line at the platform, which is expected to be completed by early December this year.

"It will provide great access for locals and visitors to use," Mr Ipsen said.

"It's a great spot for kids, families for swimming in the pool here, fishing and picnics."

Max Waters from the access committee said the platform will become another feather in the cap of marketing the Camden Haven to tourists.

"It will be a great to tell people that we have the area's only accessible fishing platform," Mr Waters said.

Ann MacDonald from the Port Macquarie House With No Steps said the facility will be greatly appreciated by the disabled community.

"We run lots of day programs in Port Macquarie but on the weekends it's good to be able to take our clients outside Port Macquarie," Mrs MacDonald said.

"There is plenty of parking. There's space for those who like to run, we can bring their bikes down and those in wheelchairs can have easy access to all the facilities. And we know it's safe here."

Draft concept plans have already been given the thumbs up by the access sub-committee and the two fishing clubs. The project also has the support of the Port Macquarie-Hastings Disability Interagency Network.

In a letter supporting Council's application for funding, president of the Laurieton United Services Club Fishing Club Bert Hayes said there was a "huge need" for such a facility in the Camden Haven.

He said the club had several members in their 70s and some in their 80s who still enjoy fishing and others with physical restrictions who would benefit from the platform.

Council's group manager community development Lucilla Marshall said the Camden Haven was the perfect location for such a facility given that it has the distinction of having the oldest population per capita in NSW with 41.9 per cent of residents over the age of 65 compared to the NSW average of 14.7 per cent.

She said many older recreational fishers were unable to continue fishing because they couldn't access the river but the new platform would help change that.

Mrs Marshall said the platform would have numerous direct and flow-on benefits.

She said the flow-on benefits would hopefully include increased patronage at local tackle shops.

Construction is expected to begin in October with a view to be operational in time for December 3 - International Day of People with a Disability.