Carrathool Shire Council — Development Application Data
A live snapshot of development activity in Carrathool 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 Carrathool Shire Council, and who decides it
Counted from every application Carrathool 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.
2% of applications in Carrathool Shire Council sought a clause 4.6 variation to a development standard, and 0% of those variations were granted (0 of 4). 0.5% of DAs lodged were withdrawn before a determination was made.
Development type mix
What people are building in Carrathool Shire Council. Ranked by DA volume.
Development cost distribution
Estimated development cost ranges reported on Carrathool Shire Council DAs.
Carrathool 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 Carrathool Shire Council handle?
Plan Advice holds 256 development applications for Carrathool Shire Council, 32 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 Carrathool Shire Council?
The median assessment time is 28 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 Carrathool Shire Council?
The median is 28 days from lodgement to determination across 203 applications determined in the last 5 years, and the slowest fifth take 69 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 Carrathool Shire Council?
42.6% of determinations were made by council staff under delegated authority. council (delegation not specified) determined 54.9%, regional or sydney planning panel determined 2%. Anything referred to a panel or the elected body is decided in a public meeting, which adds a meeting cycle.
Does Carrathool Shire Council approve clause 4.6 variations?
2% of applications sought a variation to a development standard, and 0% of those were granted (0 of 4 in the last 5 years).
What kinds of development are most common in Carrathool Shire Council?
The most frequent application types are erection of a new structure (90), alterations or additions to an existing building or structure (38), shed (35).
How often is a clause 4.6 variation used in Carrathool Shire Council?
4 applications — 1.56% 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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