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Central Darling Shire Council — Development Application Data

A live snapshot of development activity in Central Darling 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.

DAs on file
95
Since 2021
Lodged last 12m
14
Median assessment
43 days
Clause 4.6 rate
9.5%
Development standard variations

How long a DA takes in Central Darling Shire Council, and who decides it

Counted from every application Central Darling 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.

Median determination
43 days
across 70 determinations
Slowest 20% take
65+ days
the figure worth planning around
Against NSW
-17 days
the NSW median is 60 days
Who determines applications here
Council (delegation not specified)95.7% · 67
Regional or Sydney planning panel4.3% · 3

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.

1.4% of DAs lodged were withdrawn before a determination was made.

Development type mix

What people are building in Central Darling Shire Council. Ranked by DA volume.

Erection of a new structure40
Other23
Manufactured home12
Shed11
Demolition10
Non-standard Housing6
Dwelling house5
Dwelling4

Development cost distribution

Estimated development cost ranges reported on Central Darling Shire Council DAs.

Under $100k34
$100k – $500k35
$500k – $1M13
$1M – $5M6
$5M+7

Central Darling 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 Central Darling Shire Council handle?

Plan Advice holds 95 development applications for Central Darling Shire Council, 14 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 Central Darling Shire Council?

The median assessment time is 43 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 Central Darling Shire Council?

The median is 43 days from lodgement to determination across 70 applications determined in the last 5 years, and the slowest fifth take 65 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.

What kinds of development are most common in Central Darling Shire Council?

The most frequent application types are erection of a new structure (40), manufactured home (12), shed (11).

How often is a clause 4.6 variation used in Central Darling Shire Council?

9 applications — 9.47% 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.

D09 2026
259 WILCANNIA MENINDEE ROAD 2/1102463
Shed · lodged 2026-09-15
$27,500
D08 2026
58 MENINDEE STREET MENINDEE 2879
Centre-based child care · lodged 2026-07-30
D07 2026
308 STEVE HUTTON DRIVE MENINDEE 2879, DP 839414
Erection of a new structure · lodged 2026-07-13
D06 2026
11 PARINGA STREET MENINDEE 2879
Erection of a new structure · lodged 2026-07-02
$1,062,415
D02 2026
69 LAKEVIEW AVENUE SUNSET STRIP 2879
Erection of a new structure · lodged 2026-05-05
$19,800
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