Planning brief

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City of Parramatta Council

NSW register name City of Parramatta Council as at 28 Oct 2026

Overview

This brief summarises the planning position for City of Parramatta Council 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
29
full register history
Applications, 12 mo
727
lodged in trailing year
Approval rate
75%
of 8 recorded outcomes
Median decision
70 days
lodgement to determination

Development activity

Applications lodged in this council in the trailing 12 months, by current status. Counted directly from the development application register.

Total lodged
727
Lodged
0
Under assessment
177
Determined
529
Withdrawn
21

The council typically determines an application in a median of 70 days (mean 83), measured across 1,648 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.

See all development applications in City of Parramatta Council

Rezoning pipeline

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

ProposalStageUpdated
Fitzwilliam St, ParramattaAssessment5 June 2026
Railway Terrace SchofieldsAssessment24 Nov 2024

Recent amendments

AmendmentStageStatus dateOutcome
Fitzwilliam St, ParramattaAssessment5 June 2026·
Westmead South Planning ProposalWithdrawn16 Oct 2025·
23-27 HAROLD STREET, PARRAMATTAWithdrawn5 Aug 2025Approved
34-46 Brookhollow Ave, Norwest - Increase HOB, FSR, include residential flat building as an APUWithdrawn25 July 2025Approved
Westmead Private HospitalWithdrawn28 Feb 2025Approved
Railway Terrace SchofieldsAssessment24 Nov 2024·
Parramatta Harmonisation Supplementary Matters and Housekeeping Planning ProposalWithdrawn12 Nov 2024·
Planning Proposal for land at 124 Wigram Street, Harris ParkWithdrawn10 May 2024·
Planning proposal: 355 – 375 Church Street, ParramattaWithdrawn6 Mar 2023Approved
24 Parkes Street, 26 – 30 Parkes Street and 114-118 Harris Street, Harris ParkWithdrawn9 May 2022Rejected
85-91 Thomas Street, Parramatta (+12 Dwellings)Withdrawn1 Apr 2022Approved
Parramatta LEP 2011 - 355 and 375 Church Street, Parramatta (+169 dwellings) - Increase Height and FSR, Site-specific controlsWithdrawn21 Dec 2021·

Planning disputes

20 matters naming City of Parramatta Council on record across the planning and environment courts and tribunals. Where the judgment has been read, the outcomes break down by prevailing party as Council 5, Applicant 3 (across 8 enriched matters).

MatterCourtDecidedOutcome
City of Parramatta Council v Transport for NSW [2026] NSWSC 294 NSWSC31 Mar 2026Granted·Applicant
Darley v City of Parramatta Council [2025] NSWSC 990 NSWSC29 Aug 2025not on record
City of Parramatta Council v Sydney Metro [2024] NSWLEC 23 NSWLEC21 Mar 2024not on record
Chatterton v City of Parramatta Council [2022] NSWSC 1603 NSWSC23 Nov 2022not on record
City of Parramatta Council v Sydney Trees Excavation and Demolition Pty Ltd [2021] NSWLEC 71 NSWLEC7 July 2021Upheld·Council
City of Parramatta Council v Grand Epping Pty Ltd [2021] NSWLEC 70 NSWLEC2 July 2021Dismissed·Council
Boensch v City of Parramatta Council [2020] NSWLEC 163 NSWLEC27 Nov 2020Dismissed·Council
HP Subsidiary Pty Ltd v City of Parramatta Council [2020] NSWLEC 135 NSWLEC8 Oct 2020not on record
DVCI Pty Ltd v City of Parramatta Council [2020] NSWLEC 31 NSWLEC16 Apr 2020Interlocutory·Applicant
TL & TL Tradings Pty Ltd v City of Parramatta Council [2019] NSWLEC 160 NSWLEC1 Nov 2019Interlocutory·Council
Barrak v City of Parramatta Council [2019] NSWCA 213 NSWCA3 Sept 2019not on record
Stapleton v City of Parramatta Council [2019] NSWSC 895 NSWSC10 July 2019not on record
Barrak v City of Parramatta Council [2019] NSWLEC 59 NSWLEC29 Apr 2019Other
Stapleton v City of Parramatta Council [2019] NSWSC 123 NSWSC18 Feb 2019not on record
Barrak v City of Parramatta Council [2018] NSWLEC 67 NSWLEC2 May 2018not on record

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.

See every City of Parramatta Council dispute in the national list

Sources and provenance

This brief is computed from 29 records held for City of Parramatta Council. Figures are computed directly from source records, never estimated, and gaps are shown as gaps.

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