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Coolamon Shire Council — Development Application Data

A live snapshot of development activity in Coolamon 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
630
Since 2021
Lodged last 12m
72
Median assessment
23 days
Clause 4.6 rate
4.0%
Development standard variations

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

Counted from every application Coolamon 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
23 days
across 458 determinations
Slowest 20% take
56+ days
the figure worth planning around
Against NSW
-37 days
the NSW median is 60 days
Approved as CDC
19.6%
112 complying development certificates
Who determines applications here
Council (delegation not specified)68.9% · 319
Council staff under delegation29.8% · 138

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.

4.3% of applications in Coolamon Shire Council sought a clause 4.6 variation to a development standard, and 5% of those variations were granted (1 of 20). 0.9% of DAs lodged were withdrawn before a determination was made. On the CDC side, 26.8% of certificates lodged were rejected rather than accepted, at an average declared cost of $135,326.

Development type mix

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

Erection of a new structure214
Shed193
Dwelling house93
Dwelling70
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure42
Garages, carports and car parking spaces38
Balconies, decks, patios, terraces or verandahs28
Other26

Development cost distribution

Estimated development cost ranges reported on Coolamon Shire Council DAs.

Under $100k391
$100k – $500k114
$500k – $1M96
$1M – $5M20
$5M+2

Coolamon 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 Coolamon Shire Council handle?

Plan Advice holds 630 development applications for Coolamon Shire Council, 72 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 Coolamon Shire Council?

The median assessment time is 23 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 Coolamon Shire Council?

The median is 23 days from lodgement to determination across 458 applications determined in the last 5 years, and the slowest fifth take 56 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 Coolamon Shire Council?

29.8% of determinations were made by council staff under delegated authority. council (delegation not specified) determined 68.9%. Anything referred to a panel or the elected body is decided in a public meeting, which adds a meeting cycle.

Does Coolamon Shire Council approve clause 4.6 variations?

4.3% of applications sought a variation to a development standard, and 5% of those were granted (1 of 20 in the last 5 years).

Can I use a CDC instead of a DA in Coolamon Shire Council?

19.6% of approvals in this LGA went through as complying development (112 certificates in the last 5 years), and 26.8% 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 Coolamon Shire Council?

The most frequent application types are erection of a new structure (214), shed (193), dwelling house (93).

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

25 applications — 3.97% 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.

PAN-671832
32 QUARRY ROAD COOLAMON 2701
Temporary building, structure or use · lodged 2026-09-17
$1,980
PAN-669547
68-70 MATONG STREET MATONG 2652
Change of use of land or a building or the classification of a building under the Building Code of Australia · lodged 2026-09-17
PAN-673416
2330 MILLWOOD ROAD COOLAMON 2701
Dwelling house · lodged 2026-09-16
$277,200
DA 2026.51
12 PYKES LANE COOLAMON 2701
Erection of a new structure · lodged 2026-09-08
$71,927
DA 2026.48
96 WALLACE STREET NORTH COOLAMON 2701
Shed · lodged 2026-09-01
$15,000
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