Planning brief
Rezoning Hub
Ballarat
Overview
This brief summarises the planning position for Ballarat from the official register record: rezoning and amendment activity, development application volume and decision speed, and the planning-dispute history. Every figure below is computed directly from source records, never estimated.
- Rezonings tracked
- 241
- full register history
- Applications, 12 mo
- 0
- lodged in trailing year
- Approval rate
- 84%
- of 240 recorded outcomes
- Median decision
- not on record
- lodgement to determination
Development activity
No development application register is published for this council yet. Development application coverage is live for NSW today and expanding; this section will populate once a register is on record for Ballarat.
Rezoning pipeline
Proposals still moving through the system here, before they are gazetted. Newest activity first.
| Proposal | Stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment C217ball (Ballarat) | Assessment | 5 Oct 2026 |
Gazetted per year
From gazettal dates in the register: full history, not observation-window data.
| Year | Gazetted |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2017 | 6 |
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment C217ball (Ballarat) | Assessment | 5 Oct 2026 | · |
| Amendment GC209 (Ballarat) | Approved / gazetted | 29 Sept 2026 | Approved |
| Amendment C234ball (Ballarat) | Approved / gazetted | 23 Sept 2026 | ApprovedWithChanges |
| Amendment GC255 (Ballarat) | Approved / gazetted | 13 Aug 2026 | Approved |
| Amendment C266ball (Ballarat) | Approved / gazetted | 5 Aug 2026 | Approved |
| Amendment C255ball (Ballarat) | Approved / gazetted | 14 May 2026 | ApprovedWithChanges |
| Amendment GC282 (Ballarat) | Approved / gazetted | 1 Apr 2026 | Approved |
| Amendment C249ball (Ballarat) | Approved / gazetted | 1 Apr 2026 | ApprovedWithChanges |
| Amendment C258ball (Ballarat) | Approved / gazetted | 1 Apr 2026 | ApprovedWithChanges |
| Amendment C257ball (Ballarat) | Approved / gazetted | 1 Apr 2026 | ApprovedWithChanges |
| Amendment C243ball (Ballarat) | Withdrawn | 5 Mar 2026 | SplitParent |
| Amendment C243ballPt2 (Ballarat) | Lapsed | 5 Mar 2026 | Lapsed |
Planning disputes
44 matters naming Ballarat on record across the planning and environment courts and tribunals. Where the judgment has been read, the outcomes break down by prevailing party as Applicant 21, Council 10, Mixed 7, Objector 1 (across 39 enriched matters).
Matters are matched on council name. We link to the public judgment and never reproduce its text. Outcomes shown where the judgment has been read and structured.
Sources and provenance
This brief is computed from 241 records held for Ballarat. Figures are computed directly from source records, never estimated, and gaps are shown as gaps.
- act-da-finder
- fetched 26 Oct 2026
- digest
- fetched 24 Oct 2026
- nsw-caselaw
- fetched 27 Oct 2026
- nsw-online-da
- fetched 26 Oct 2026
- NSW Planning Portal (PPR)
- fetched 27 Oct 2026
- qld-developmenti
- fetched 27 Oct 2026
- VIC Amendments Online
- fetched 25 Oct 2026
- vic-melbourne-da
- fetched 27 Oct 2026
Data © state planning departments, licensed CC BY 4.0. Prepared by Rezoning Hub, rezoninghub.com.