Canterbury-Bankstown Council — Development Application Data
With 3169 development applications lodged in the past 12 months alone, Canterbury-Bankstown Council processes one of the highest DA volumes across Sydney, reflecting strong development activity in this diverse LGA. Since 2021, council records show 8121 applications on file, with Other developments accounting for 4041 applications, followed by 2055 dual occupancies—a popular choice for property investors seeking to maximise site potential. The median assessment time sits at 80 days, while just 3.69% of applications relied on Clause 4.6 variations to development standards. Development activity spans all cost brackets, from 2978 applications under $100k through to 270 projects valued above $5M, demonstrating opportunities for projects of every scale. Whether you're planning alterations, a dual occupancy, or a subdivision, understanding council's assessment patterns is essential to your application strategy. A Plan Advice AI-powered assessment for your Canterbury-Bankstown property takes seconds to run.
Determination outcomes
Real approval, refusal and withdrawal rates from finalised DAs in the Plan Advice enriched corpus.
Based on the 95.7% of DAs in our Canterbury-Bankstown Council corpus with a confirmed determination. Applications still under assessment, and any whose outcome the council has not published, are excluded rather than estimated.
Development type mix
What people are building in Canterbury-Bankstown Council. Ranked by DA volume.
Development cost distribution
Estimated development cost ranges reported on Canterbury-Bankstown Council DAs.
Canterbury-Bankstown 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 Canterbury-Bankstown Council handle?
Plan Advice holds 8,239 development applications for Canterbury-Bankstown Council, 3,169 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 Canterbury-Bankstown Council?
The median assessment time is 80 days for FY25-26, after a median 4 days to get the application accepted for lodgement. 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.
What share of DAs does Canterbury-Bankstown Council approve?
70.1% of the 4,352 determined applications we hold were approved and 14.1% were refused. We can read a determination for 95.7% of this council's DAs; the rest are counted as unknown rather than assumed approved.
What kinds of development are most common in Canterbury-Bankstown Council?
The most frequent application types are dual occupancy (2,072), alterations & additions (983), subdivision (290).
How often is a clause 4.6 variation used in Canterbury-Bankstown Council?
302 applications — 3.67% 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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