Uralla Shire Council — Development Application Data
A live snapshot of development activity in Uralla 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 Uralla Shire Council, and who decides it
Counted from every application Uralla 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.
5.1% of applications in Uralla Shire Council sought a clause 4.6 variation to a development standard, and 15% of those variations were granted (3 of 20). 1.5% of DAs lodged were withdrawn before a determination was made. On the CDC side, 43.3% of certificates lodged were rejected rather than accepted, at an average declared cost of $146,255.
Development type mix
What people are building in Uralla Shire Council. Ranked by DA volume.
Development cost distribution
Estimated development cost ranges reported on Uralla Shire Council DAs.
Uralla 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 Uralla Shire Council handle?
Plan Advice holds 569 development applications for Uralla Shire Council, 87 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 Uralla Shire Council?
The median assessment time is 31 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 Uralla Shire Council?
The median is 31 days from lodgement to determination across 381 applications determined in the last 5 years, and the slowest fifth take 68 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 Uralla Shire Council?
45.5% of determinations were made by council staff under delegated authority. council (delegation not specified) determined 53%. Anything referred to a panel or the elected body is decided in a public meeting, which adds a meeting cycle.
Does Uralla Shire Council approve clause 4.6 variations?
5.1% of applications sought a variation to a development standard, and 15% of those were granted (3 of 20 in the last 5 years).
Can I use a CDC instead of a DA in Uralla Shire Council?
19.8% of approvals in this LGA went through as complying development (97 certificates in the last 5 years), and 43.3% 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 Uralla Shire Council?
The most frequent application types are erection of a new structure (174), shed (123), dwelling (80).
How often is a clause 4.6 variation used in Uralla Shire Council?
28 applications — 4.92% 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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