Cumberland City Council — Development Application Data
Cumberland City Council processes one of the highest volumes of development applications in western Sydney, with 6316 DAs lodged since 2021 and 2385 in the last year alone. The median assessment time sits at 95 days, while development standard variations under Clause 4.6 appear in just 2.3% of applications, suggesting tight adherence to planning controls. The development profile is dominated by smaller projects, with 'Other' development types accounting for 3460 applications, followed by dual occupancies at 1377 and alterations and additions at 590. Cost distribution is broad: 2202 applications fall under $100k, while 1375 sit in the $1M to $5M range and 292 exceed $5M. Residential flat buildings and subdivisions represent smaller but significant categories at 213 and 196 applications respectively. A Plan Advice AI-powered assessment for your Cumberland City Council property delivers planning insights in seconds.
Why DAs get refused in Cumberland City Council
Grounds cited across 16 refused applications, read from the council's own notices of determination. Most refusals cite several grounds at once, so these overlap.
Behind each ground above sits the verbatim paragraph the assessing officer wrote, the LEP and DCP clauses it was tested against, and the address and DA number so you can pull the notice yourself. 123 grounds across Cumberland City Council are indexed this way.
See the grounds in fullDevelopment type mix
What people are building in Cumberland City Council. Ranked by DA volume.
Development cost distribution
Estimated development cost ranges reported on Cumberland City Council DAs.
Cumberland City 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 Cumberland City Council handle?
Plan Advice holds 6,439 development applications for Cumberland City Council, 2,428 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 Cumberland City Council?
The median assessment time is 95 days for FY25-26, after a median 6 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 kinds of development are most common in Cumberland City Council?
The most frequent application types are dual occupancy (1,399), alterations & additions (603), residential flat building (216).
How often is a clause 4.6 variation used in Cumberland City Council?
149 applications — 2.31% 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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