Port Macquarie-Hastings Council — Development Application Data
A live snapshot of development activity in Port Macquarie-Hastings 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 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, and who decides it
Counted from every application Port Macquarie-Hastings 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% of applications in Port Macquarie-Hastings Council sought a clause 4.6 variation to a development standard, and 261.8% of those variations were granted (144 of 55). 3.9% of DAs lodged were withdrawn before a determination was made. On the CDC side, 21.4% of certificates lodged were rejected rather than accepted, at an average declared cost of $203,794.
Development type mix
What people are building in Port Macquarie-Hastings Council. Ranked by DA volume.
Development cost distribution
Estimated development cost ranges reported on Port Macquarie-Hastings Council DAs.
Port Macquarie-Hastings 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 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council handle?
Plan Advice holds 6,842 development applications for Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, 978 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 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council?
The median assessment time is 55 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 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council?
The median is 55 days from lodgement to determination across 5,276 applications determined in the last 5 years, and the slowest fifth take 106 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 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council?
0% of determinations were made by council staff under delegated authority. council (delegation not specified) determined 98.8%. Anything referred to a panel or the elected body is decided in a public meeting, which adds a meeting cycle.
Does Port Macquarie-Hastings Council approve clause 4.6 variations?
1% of applications sought a variation to a development standard, and 261.8% of those were granted (144 of 55 in the last 5 years).
Can I use a CDC instead of a DA in Port Macquarie-Hastings Council?
25.9% of approvals in this LGA went through as complying development (1,942 certificates in the last 5 years), and 21.4% 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 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council?
The most frequent application types are erection of a new structure (1,760), dwelling house (1,195), alterations or additions to an existing building or structure (1,094).
How often is a clause 4.6 variation used in Port Macquarie-Hastings Council?
67 applications — 0.98% 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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