Planning brief
Rezoning Hub
Fairfield City Council
Overview
This brief summarises the planning position for Fairfield City 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
- 1
- full register history
- Applications, 12 mo
- 395
- lodged in trailing year
- Approval rate
- 100%
- of 1 recorded outcome
- Median decision
- 66 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
- 395
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 109
- Determined
- 260
- Withdrawn
- 26
The council typically determines an application in a median of 66 days (mean 85), measured across 974 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.
Rezoning pipeline
Proposals still moving through the system here, before they are gazetted. Newest activity first.
| Proposal | Stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Leicester Street, Chester Hill - Chester Square Planning Proposal | Post-exhibition | 20 May 2026 |
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Leicester Street, Chester Hill - Chester Square Planning Proposal | Post-exhibition | 20 May 2026 | Approved |
Planning disputes
20 matters naming Fairfield City 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 10, Applicant 4 (across 14 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 Fairfield City Council dispute in the national list
Sources and provenance
This brief is computed from 1 record held for Fairfield City Council. 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 29 Oct 2026
- nsw-online-da
- fetched 26 Oct 2026
- NSW Planning Portal (PPR)
- fetched 30 Oct 2026
- qld-developmenti
- fetched 29 Oct 2026
- VIC Amendments Online
- fetched 29 Oct 2026
- vic-melbourne-da
- fetched 29 Oct 2026
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