Cabonne Shire Council — Development Application Data
A live snapshot of development activity in Cabonne 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 Cabonne Shire Council, and who decides it
Counted from every application Cabonne 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.
3% of applications in Cabonne Shire Council sought a clause 4.6 variation to a development standard, and 27.3% of those variations were granted (9 of 33). 3.9% of DAs lodged were withdrawn before a determination was made. On the CDC side, 39.2% of certificates lodged were rejected rather than accepted, at an average declared cost of $409,286.
Development type mix
What people are building in Cabonne Shire Council. Ranked by DA volume.
Development cost distribution
Estimated development cost ranges reported on Cabonne Shire Council DAs.
Cabonne 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 Cabonne Shire Council handle?
Plan Advice holds 1,339 development applications for Cabonne Shire Council, 181 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 Cabonne Shire Council?
The median assessment time is 46 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 Cabonne Shire Council?
The median is 46 days from lodgement to determination across 1,068 applications determined in the last 5 years, and the slowest fifth take 93 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 Cabonne Shire Council?
35% of determinations were made by council staff under delegated authority. council (delegation not specified) determined 63.2%. Anything referred to a panel or the elected body is decided in a public meeting, which adds a meeting cycle.
Does Cabonne Shire Council approve clause 4.6 variations?
3% of applications sought a variation to a development standard, and 27.3% of those were granted (9 of 33 in the last 5 years).
Can I use a CDC instead of a DA in Cabonne Shire Council?
15% of approvals in this LGA went through as complying development (194 certificates in the last 5 years), and 39.2% of CDC applications lodged were rejected rather than accepted. A CDC only applies if the proposal meets every development standard in the Codes SEPP.
What kinds of development are most common in Cabonne Shire Council?
The most frequent application types are erection of a new structure (375), dwelling house (239), shed (230).
How often is a clause 4.6 variation used in Cabonne Shire Council?
38 applications — 2.84% 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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