Planning brief
Rezoning Hub
Council of the City of Sydney
Overview
This brief summarises the planning position for Council of the City of Sydney 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
- 7
- full register history
- Applications, 12 mo
- 1,801
- lodged in trailing year
- Approval rate
- 100%
- of 4 recorded outcomes
- Median decision
- 42 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
- 1,801
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 225
- Determined
- 1,505
- Withdrawn
- 71
The council typically determines an application in a median of 42 days (mean 57), measured across 4,694 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.
See all development applications in Council of the City of Sydney
Rezoning pipeline
Proposals still moving through the system here, before they are gazetted. Newest activity first.
| Proposal | Stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 580 George Street, Sydney | Post-exhibition | 19 May 2026 |
| Sydney Fish Market site in Blackwattle Bay Precinct | Assessment | 16 June 2025 |
| 1-25 O’Connell Street and 8-16 Spring Street, Sydney | Lodged | 30 Sept 2025 |
| Sydney Markets | Lodged | 25 July 2025 |
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 580 George Street, Sydney | Post-exhibition | 19 May 2026 | Approved |
| 1-25 O’Connell Street and 8-16 Spring Street, Sydney | Lodged | 30 Sept 2025 | Approved |
| Sydney Markets | Lodged | 25 July 2025 | · |
| Integrated Planning Proposal for Additional Housing, Biodiversity, Character and the FSPA | Withdrawn | 8 July 2025 | Approved |
| Sydney Fish Market site in Blackwattle Bay Precinct | Assessment | 16 June 2025 | · |
| Planning Proposal - 133-145 Castlereagh Street, Sydney | Withdrawn | 5 Apr 2023 | Approved |
| Planning Proposal - Coastal Hazard Review | Withdrawn | 2 June 2021 | · |
Planning disputes
22 matters naming Council of the City of Sydney 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 9, Applicant 2, Mixed 1 (across 12 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.
See every Council of the City of Sydney dispute in the national list
Sources and provenance
This brief is computed from 7 records held for Council of the City of Sydney. 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.