Council data

DA statistics for every NSW council

436,373 development applications and 244,310 complying development certificates across 129 councils, counted from the NSW Planning Portal open data. The state median determination time is 46 days — every council below is measured against it.

Council	DAs on file	Last 12 months	Median determination	CDCs	Clause 4.6 used
Central Coast Council	17,582	2,108	81 days	8,921	1.7%
Lake Macquarie City Council	14,730	2,020	49 days	5,466	1.6%
Northern Beaches Council	14,566	1,699	64 days	6,687	5.9%
City of Sydney	13,915	1,847	55 days	10,871	36.3%
Inner West Council	13,169	1,541	84 days	3,288	33.8%
The Hills Shire Council	13,014	1,335	73 days	8,439	1.4%
Blacktown City Council	12,611	1,183	43 days	13,043	1%
Sutherland Shire Council	10,992	1,029	139 days	6,529	5.3%
Newcastle City Council	10,052	1,422	55 days	3,058	6.2%
Wollongong City Council	9,850	1,158	52 days	6,000	2.4%
Shoalhaven City Council	9,799	1,224	67 days	5,428	1.7%
Camden Council	8,362	986	42 days	8,977	2.7%
Canterbury-Bankstown Council	8,261	815	59 days	10,527	3.7%
Mid-Coast Council	8,107	1,066	44 days	2,180	2.1%
Wollondilly Shire Council	8,020	1,262	32 days	3,799	2.1%
Cessnock City Council	7,780	900	42 days	3,356	1.1%
Maitland City Council	7,423	1,010	42 days	4,383	4.7%
City of Parramatta	7,301	724	84 days	7,397	6.6%
Tweed Shire Council	6,972	983	92 days	1,582	1.3%
Liverpool City Council	6,876	656	137 days	11,277	1.1%
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council	6,842	978	55 days	1,942	1%
Woollahra Municipal Council	6,740	936	85 days	1,634	26.6%
Coffs Harbour City Council	6,717	881	38 days	878	0.9%
Penrith City Council	6,537	779	60 days	6,758	2.2%
Cumberland City Council	6,451	866	84 days	5,512	2.3%
Port Stephens Council	6,168	804	28 days	1,295	0.7%
Byron Shire Council	5,862	627	88 days	987	4.5%
Hornsby Shire Council	5,757	625	56 days	3,186	7.4%
Randwick City Council	5,741	758	83 days	3,277	10.3%
Clarence Valley Council	5,711	672	50 days	577	3.3%
Albury City Council	5,037	608	67 days	2,824	3%
Wingecarribee Shire Council	5,017	577	121 days	2,311	5.8%
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council	4,999	621	96 days	1,911	3.7%
Blue Mountains City Council	4,957	734	67 days	630	6.5%
Waverley Council	4,850	650	83 days	1,937	20.3%
Shellharbour City Council	4,848	781	47 days	2,400	0.8%
Campbelltown City Council	4,665	745	60 days	7,351	2.6%
Bayside Council	4,500	572	91 days	3,737	5.4%
Wagga Wagga City Council	4,437	712	42 days	1,625	3.4%
Ku-ring-gai Council	4,260	563	100 days	4,487	16.4%
Eurobodalla Shire Council	4,045	611	45 days	758	1.8%
Dubbo Regional Council	3,994	662	41 days	600	1.5%
Georges River Council	3,684	414	135 days	4,121	6.3%
Fairfield City Council	3,442	383	64 days	6,644	1.8%
City of Ryde	3,377	388	81 days	6,744	4.4%
North Sydney Council	3,299	384	102 days	2,167	28.3%
Hawkesbury City Council	3,178	424	82 days	2,776	3.5%
Willoughby City Council	3,145	428	99 days	3,352	19%
Ballina Shire Council	3,025	424	100 days	1,607	1.1%
Bathurst Regional Council	2,938	399	40 days	1,155	11.9%
Tamworth Regional Council	2,859	486	66 days	2,521	1.5%
Orange City Council	2,797	368	50 days	1,166	12.5%
City of Canada Bay	2,783	334	77 days	3,037	18.5%
Goulburn Mulwaree Council	2,522	339	60 days	970	7.2%
Bega Valley Shire Council	2,506	361	91 days	762	3.4%
Lismore City Council	2,381	412	42 days	638	2.8%
Murray River Council	2,374	394	36 days	761	2.5%
Singleton Council	2,298	313	40 days	431	2.5%
Snowy Monaro Regional Council	2,297	285	36 days	286	3%
Kempsey Shire Council	2,289	297	65 days	688	0.7%
Yass Valley Council	2,274	297	88 days	600	3.1%
Mid-Western Regional Council	2,248	352	57 days	1,112	6.8%
Nambucca Valley Council	2,243	345	27 days	383	0.5%
Griffith City Council	2,102	306	47 days	653	1.2%
Mosman Council	2,071	288	101 days	686	27.3%
Lane Cove Council	1,906	216	39 days	1,141	7.4%
Kiama Municipal Council	1,871	264	77 days	923	3.4%
Armidale Regional Council	1,581	227	43 days	700	6.4%
Strathfield Council	1,580	177	83 days	1,074	7.3%
Hilltops Council	1,453	201	47 days	298	2.5%
Dungog Shire Council	1,383	206	71 days	167	4.3%
Lithgow City Council	1,356	151	68 days	217	3.5%
Cabonne Shire Council	1,339	181	46 days	194	2.8%
Richmond Valley Council	1,329	215	42 days	221	2.9%
Wentworth Shire Council	1,294	247	42 days	241	2.9%
Upper Hunter Shire Council	1,292	169	29 days	200	4.1%
Greater Hume Shire Council	1,261	181	32 days	460	1.3%
Federation Council	1,235	167	39 days	554	1.5%
Hunters Hill Council	1,172	184	110 days	427	40.1%
Snowy Valleys Council	1,166	137	34 days	170	1.9%
Burwood Council	1,153	142	77 days	1,348	15.8%
Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council	1,026	114	46 days	170	3.1%
Muswellbrook Shire Council	986	181	63 days	431	3.3%
Inverell Shire Council	959	105	28 days	184	3.2%
Bellingen Shire Council	926	129	79 days	140	4.4%
Tenterfield Shire Council	918	164	35 days	62	2.4%
Berrigan Shire Council	909	126	35 days	344	0.4%
Forbes Shire Council	898	118	37 days	106	2.6%
Cowra Shire Council	866	131	30 days	237	0.6%
Leeton Shire Council	860	132	26 days	134	3.6%
Broken Hill City Council	831	127	33 days	52	4.5%
Blayney Shire Council	803	128	41 days	162	14.8%
Parkes Shire Council	801	130	36 days	221	0.5%
Narrabri Shire Council	726	130	30 days	112	0.6%
Upper Lachlan Shire Council	707	110	80 days	205	2.3%
Gunnedah Shire Council	702	106	89 days	284	0%
Edward River Council	644	111	31 days	98	1.9%
Coolamon Shire Council	630	72	23 days	112	4%
Kyogle Council	610	77	34 days	91	2.5%
Moree Plains Shire Council	585	82	28 days	72	3.9%
Temora Shire Council	585	120	20 days	300	2.2%
Oberon Council	571	100	75 days	92	1.8%
Uralla Shire Council	569	87	31 days	97	4.9%
Glen Innes Severn Shire Council	521	75	41 days	90	0.6%
Junee Shire Council	505	69	26 days	112	2.4%
Narromine Shire Council	472	83	14 days	18	2.3%
Bland Shire Council	444	57	42 days	62	1.6%
Liverpool Plains Shire Council	399	53	60 days	131	1.3%
Lockhart Shire Council	389	56	25 days	65	2.1%
Warrumbungle Shire Council	371	68	69 days	108	3%
Gwydir Shire Council	347	44	38 days	52	0.3%
Narrandera Shire Council	337	48	15 days	108	1.2%
Lachlan Shire Council	328	56	44 days	49	0%
Murrumbidgee Council	318	57	28 days	52	2.5%
Hay Shire Council	313	73	21 days	22	0.6%
Weddin Shire Council	308	47	24 days	66	8.1%
Walgett Shire Council	264	44	35 days	32	0.8%
Carrathool Shire Council	256	32	28 days	21	1.6%
Cobar Shire Council	251	28	28 days	25	0.4%
Gilgandra Shire Council	240	43	22 days	22	3.3%
Coonamble Shire Council	224	37	34 days	21	1.3%
Balranald Shire Council	204	17	34 days	28	1%
Bogan Shire Council	192	41	48 days	12	1.6%
Walcha Council	176	26	40 days	47	0%
Warren Shire Council	125	15	35 days	8	0%
Bourke Shire Council	110	20	41 days	9	0.9%
Central Darling Shire Council	95	14	43 days	13	9.5%
Brewarrina Shire Council	52	9	22 days	6	0%
LORD HOWE ISLAND - UNINCORPORAT	0	0	—	5	—

Median determination time is measured from lodgement to determination on every application the council determined in the last five years, so it includes the time spent waiting on the applicant. A blank cell means there were too few determinations to publish a figure — we leave it blank rather than estimate it.