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Wingecarribee Shire Council — Development Application Data

A live snapshot of development activity in Wingecarribee 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
5,017
Since 2021
Lodged last 12m
577
Median assessment
121 days
Clause 4.6 rate
5.8%
Development standard variations

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

Counted from every application Wingecarribee 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
121 days
across 3,419 determinations
Slowest 20% take
245+ days
the figure worth planning around
Against NSW
+61 days
the NSW median is 60 days
Approved as CDC
39.7%
2,311 complying development certificates
Who determines applications here
Council (delegation not specified)54.7% · 1,907
Council staff under delegation40.7% · 1,417
Local Planning Panel2% · 70

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.

6.5% of applications in Wingecarribee Shire Council sought a clause 4.6 variation to a development standard, and 4.8% of those variations were granted (11 of 228). 7% of DAs lodged were withdrawn before a determination was made. On the CDC side, 21.3% of certificates lodged were rejected rather than accepted, at an average declared cost of $376,179.

Development type mix

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

Erection of a new structure1,054
Dwelling929
Dwelling house869
Shed659
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure599
Alterations and additions to residential development558
Demolition415
Secondary dwelling307

Development cost distribution

Estimated development cost ranges reported on Wingecarribee Shire Council DAs.

Under $100k1,943
$100k – $500k1,469
$500k – $1M831
$1M – $5M565
$5M+123

Wingecarribee 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 Wingecarribee Shire Council handle?

Plan Advice holds 5,017 development applications for Wingecarribee Shire Council, 577 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 Wingecarribee Shire Council?

The median assessment time is 121 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 Wingecarribee Shire Council?

The median is 121 days from lodgement to determination across 3,419 applications determined in the last 5 years, and the slowest fifth take 245 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 Wingecarribee Shire Council?

40.7% of determinations were made by council staff under delegated authority. council (delegation not specified) determined 54.7%, local planning panel determined 2%. Anything referred to a panel or the elected body is decided in a public meeting, which adds a meeting cycle.

Does Wingecarribee Shire Council approve clause 4.6 variations?

6.5% of applications sought a variation to a development standard, and 4.8% of those were granted (11 of 228 in the last 5 years).

Can I use a CDC instead of a DA in Wingecarribee Shire Council?

39.7% of approvals in this LGA went through as complying development (2,311 certificates in the last 5 years), and 21.3% 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 Wingecarribee Shire Council?

The most frequent application types are erection of a new structure (1,054), dwelling (929), dwelling house (869).

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

291 applications — 5.8% 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.

PAN-676177
13-15 WEBB STREET MITTAGONG 2575
Subdivision · lodged 2026-09-17
$256,018
PAN-676174
1-3 WEBB STREET MITTAGONG 2575
Subdivision · lodged 2026-09-17
$220,000
PAN-676169
8 KIAMA STREET BOWRAL 2576
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · lodged 2026-09-17
$70,000
PAN-676066
401 JOADJA ROAD MANDEMAR 2575
Subdivision · lodged 2026-09-17
$67,144
PAN-675954
2025 WOMBEYAN CAVES ROAD HIGH RANGE 2575
Secondary dwelling · lodged 2026-09-17
$591,560
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