Eurobodalla Shire Council — Development Application Data
A live snapshot of development activity in Eurobodalla 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 Eurobodalla Shire Council, and who decides it
Counted from every application Eurobodalla 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.
1.7% of applications in Eurobodalla Shire Council sought a clause 4.6 variation to a development standard, and 27.1% of those variations were granted (16 of 59). 3.9% of DAs lodged were withdrawn before a determination was made. On the CDC side, 33% of certificates lodged were rejected rather than accepted, at an average declared cost of $230,190.
Development type mix
What people are building in Eurobodalla Shire Council. Ranked by DA volume.
Development cost distribution
Estimated development cost ranges reported on Eurobodalla Shire Council DAs.
Eurobodalla 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 Eurobodalla Shire Council handle?
Plan Advice holds 4,045 development applications for Eurobodalla Shire Council, 611 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 Eurobodalla Shire Council?
The median assessment time is 45 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 Eurobodalla Shire Council?
The median is 45 days from lodgement to determination across 3,389 applications determined in the last 5 years, and the slowest fifth take 115 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 Eurobodalla Shire Council?
40.4% of determinations were made by council staff under delegated authority. council (delegation not specified) determined 58.4%. Anything referred to a panel or the elected body is decided in a public meeting, which adds a meeting cycle.
Does Eurobodalla Shire Council approve clause 4.6 variations?
1.7% of applications sought a variation to a development standard, and 27.1% of those were granted (16 of 59 in the last 5 years).
Can I use a CDC instead of a DA in Eurobodalla Shire Council?
17.7% of approvals in this LGA went through as complying development (758 certificates in the last 5 years), and 33% 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 Eurobodalla Shire Council?
The most frequent application types are dwelling house (1,041), erection of a new structure (1,038), alterations or additions to an existing building or structure (771).
How often is a clause 4.6 variation used in Eurobodalla Shire Council?
74 applications — 1.83% 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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