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Coonamble Shire Council — Development Application Data

A live snapshot of development activity in Coonamble 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
224
Since 2021
Lodged last 12m
37
Median assessment
34 days
Clause 4.6 rate
1.3%
Development standard variations

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

Counted from every application Coonamble 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
34 days
across 174 determinations
Slowest 20% take
70+ days
the figure worth planning around
Against NSW
-26 days
the NSW median is 60 days
Who determines applications here
Council staff under delegation50.9% · 89
Council (delegation not specified)47.4% · 83
Regional or Sydney planning panel1.1% · 2

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.

3.2% of DAs lodged were withdrawn before a determination was made.

Development type mix

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

Erection of a new structure79
Other33
Shed32
Dwelling house19
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure18
Subdivision14
Demolition14
Change of use of land or a building or the classification of a building under the Building Code of Australia12

Development cost distribution

Estimated development cost ranges reported on Coonamble Shire Council DAs.

Under $100k110
$100k – $500k53
$500k – $1M31
$1M – $5M20
$5M+9

Coonamble 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 Coonamble Shire Council handle?

Plan Advice holds 224 development applications for Coonamble Shire Council, 37 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 Coonamble Shire Council?

The median assessment time is 34 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 Coonamble Shire Council?

The median is 34 days from lodgement to determination across 174 applications determined in the last 5 years, and the slowest fifth take 70 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 Coonamble Shire Council?

50.9% of determinations were made by council staff under delegated authority. council (delegation not specified) determined 47.4%, regional or sydney planning panel determined 1.1%. Anything referred to a panel or the elected body is decided in a public meeting, which adds a meeting cycle.

What kinds of development are most common in Coonamble Shire Council?

The most frequent application types are erection of a new structure (79), shed (32), dwelling house (19).

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

3 applications — 1.34% 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.

DA023/2026
18 HOOPER DRIVE COONAMBLE 2829
Erection of a new structure · lodged 2026-08-13
$270,000
DA012/2026
68 CASTLEREAGH STREET COONAMBLE 2829
Small bar · lodged 2026-05-07
$110,000
DA018/2026
3-7 SYDNEY STREET COONAMBLE 2829
Demolition · lodged 2026-03-31
$1,683,303
PAN-676021
20 BERTRAM STREET COONAMBLE 2829
Dwelling house · lodged 2026-09-16
$223,760
DA025/2026
241/-/DP754199
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · lodged 2026-08-20
$191,431
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