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Prepared 13 June 2026

Blue Mountains City Council

NSW · register name Blue Mountains City Council

Snapshot

Rezonings tracked
6
Applications, 12 mo
741
Approval rate
83%
Median decision
50 days

Development applications, last 12 months

Total
741
Lodged
0
Under assessment
199
Determined
485
Withdrawn
57

Typically decided in a median of 50 days (mean 65), across 1,344 determined applications.

Live rezoning pipeline

Proposals still moving through the system here, before they are gazetted.

ProposalStageUpdated
Amendment 24 of Blue Mountains LEP 2015 - Home within a homeAssessment11 May 2026
Rezone & amend Minimum Lot Size on Lots at 274 Mountain Ash RoadAssessment5 Mar 2026
Planning Proposal at 48 Terry Road, Box HillPost-exhibition25 July 2025
Draft Blue Mountains LEP 2015 Amendment 20: Principal Development Area AmendmentAssessment6 May 2025

Recent amendments

AmendmentStageStatus date
Amendment 24 of Blue Mountains LEP 2015 - Home within a homeAssessment11 May 2026
Rezone & amend Minimum Lot Size on Lots at 274 Mountain Ash RoadAssessment5 Mar 2026
Planning Proposal at 48 Terry Road, Box HillPost-exhibition25 July 2025
Draft Blue Mountains LEP 2015 Amendment 20: Principal Development Area AmendmentAssessment6 May 2025
Draft Blue Mountains LEP 2015 Amendment 16 (response to Low Rise Housing Diversity Code)Withdrawn17 Jan 2023
Draft Blue Mountains LEP 2015 Amendment 17: Creativity and Culture AmendmentWithdrawn12 May 2022

Planning disputes

Planning and environment court and tribunal matters naming this council, newest first.

  • Papadopoulos v Blue Mountains City Council [2015] NSWLEC 164

    NSWLEC· 22 Oct 2015

  • Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council (No 10) [2011] NSWLEC 161

    NSWLEC· 9 Sept 2011

  • Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council (No.9) [2011] NSWLEC 123

    NSWLEC· 14 July 2011

  • Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 113

    NSWLEC· 30 June 2011

  • Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 54

    NSWLEC· 8 Apr 2011

  • Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 28

    NSWLEC· 4 Mar 2011

Computed from 12,135 records via Rezoning Hub (nsw-caselaw, nsw-online-da, NSW Planning Portal (PPR), VIC Amendments Online), data from the official state planning registers. Figures are computed, never estimated. rezoninghub.com

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