Balranald Shire Council — Development Application Data
A live snapshot of development activity in Balranald Shire Council — sourced from NSW Government open data and the 413,770-DA Plan Advice corpus. Refreshed automatically. Data reflects the most recent NSW Planning Portal open-data feeds, counted application by application.
How long a DA takes in Balranald Shire Council, and who decides it
Counted from every application Balranald Shire Council determined in the last 5 years, as published in the NSW Planning Portal open data. Timelines are lodgement to determination, so they include the time spent waiting on the applicant.
An application determined under delegation is decided by the assessing officer. Anything referred to a panel or the elected body is decided in a public meeting and adds a meeting cycle to the timeline. Where the council recorded only “Council” it did not say which, so that row is left as published.
1.2% of DAs lodged were withdrawn before a determination was made.
Development type mix
What people are building in Balranald Shire Council. Ranked by DA volume.
Development cost distribution
Estimated development cost ranges reported on Balranald Shire Council DAs.
Balranald Shire Council DAs — common questions
Answered from this council's own determinations. Where a council has not published a figure, the question is left out rather than guessed.
How many development applications does Balranald Shire Council handle?
Plan Advice holds 204 development applications for Balranald Shire Council, 16 of them lodged in the last 12 months. The figures on this page are counted from that register, not estimated.
How long does a DA take in Balranald Shire Council?
The median assessment time is 34 days. That is the council's own reported figure from the NSW Planning Portal league tables, so it covers every DA they determined — not a sample.
How long does the council take to determine a DA in Balranald Shire Council?
The median is 34 days from lodgement to determination across 167 applications determined in the last 5 years, and the slowest fifth take 54 days or more. The NSW median is 60 days. Counted from the NSW Planning Portal open data, so it covers every application — not a sample.
Who decides development applications in Balranald Shire Council?
45.2% of determinations were made by council staff under delegated authority. council (delegation not specified) determined 54.8%. Anything referred to a panel or the elected body is decided in a public meeting, which adds a meeting cycle.
What kinds of development are most common in Balranald Shire Council?
The most frequent application types are erection of a new structure (64), shed (40), alterations or additions to an existing building or structure (26).
How often is a clause 4.6 variation used in Balranald Shire Council?
2 applications — 0.98% of the register — sought a clause 4.6 variation to a development standard.
Most recent development applications
Sampled from the NSW Planning Portal open-data feed.
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