Overview

This brief summarises the planning position for Federation 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: 2; full register history
Applications, 12 mo: 166; lodged in trailing year
Approval rate: 100%; of 2 recorded outcomes
Median decision: 37 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: 166
Lodged: 0
Under assessment: 20
Determined: 142
Withdrawn: 4

The council typically determines an application in a median of 37 days (mean 54), measured across 385 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.

See all development applications in Federation Council

Rezoning pipeline

No proposals are currently in the pipeline for Federation Council. Gazetted amendments and the full amendment history are below.

Recent amendments

Amendment	Stage	Status date	Outcome
New Heritage Conservation Area and inclusion of local heritage items at Federal, NSW.	Withdrawn	14 Apr 2025	Approved
Federation Local Environmental Plan 2021	Withdrawn	9 May 2023	Approved

Planning disputes

19 matters naming Federation 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 Applicant 2, Council 2 (across 4 enriched matters).

Matter	Court	Decided	Outcome
Awesome Corowa Pty Ltd v Federation Council (No 2) [2022] NSWLEC 93	NSWLEC	2 Aug 2022	Dismissed·Applicant
United Muslims New South Wales Inc v Australian Federation of Islamic Councils Inc (No 2); Islamic Council of Victoria Inc v Australian Federation of Islamic Councils Inc [2022] NSWSC 868	NSWSC	30 June 2022	not on record
United Muslims New South Wales Incorporated v Australian Federation of Islamic Councils & Ors [2021] NSWSC 382	NSWSC	16 Apr 2021	not on record
Hoxton Park Residents Action Group Inc v Liverpool City Council [2011] NSWCA 349	NSWCA	15 Nov 2011	Remitted·Applicant
Hoxton Park Residents Action Group Inc v Liverpool City Council (No 2) [2010] NSWLEC 259	NSWLEC	14 Dec 2010	Dismissed·Council
Hoxton Park Residents Action Group Inc v Liverpool City Council [2010] NSWLEC 242	NSWLEC	26 Nov 2010	Dismissed·Council
The Muslim Council of New South Wales Inc v Australian Federation of Islamic Councils Inc & Anor [2009] NSWSC 360	NSWSC	6 May 2009	not on record
Islamic Council of South Australia Inc v Australian Federation of Islamic Councils Inc [2009] NSWSC 211	NSWSC	16 Feb 2009	not on record
WARDLE v KICK & ORS [2006] NSWSC 622	NSWSC	21 June 2006	not on record
Wardle v Kick & Ors [2006] NSWSC 327	NSWSC	26 Apr 2006	not on record
ISLAMIC COUNCIL OF NSW & ANOR. V. THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF ISLAMIC COUNCILS & ORS. [2000] NSWSC 115	NSWSC	2 Mar 2000	not on record
ANTONIADES v KYRIACOU and ORS [1997] NSWCA 24	NSWCA	18 Dec 1997	Other
NSW RIFLE ASSOCIATION INC v COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA; NSW SMALLBORE AND AIR RIFLE ASSOCIATION INC v COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA [1997] NSWCA 234	NSWCA	15 Aug 1997	Other
WILSON v HANG GLIDING FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED [1997] NSWCA 348	NSWCA	15 Apr 1997	Other
AUSTRALIAN IRON AND STEEL PTY LTD v CHEETHAM [1996] NSWCA 33	NSWCA	17 Dec 1996	Other

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 Federation Council dispute in the national list

Sources and provenance

This brief is computed from 2 records held for Federation Council. Figures are computed directly from source records, never estimated, and gaps are shown as gaps.

act-da-finder: fetched 15 Sept 2026
digest: fetched 12 Sept 2026
nsw-caselaw: fetched 15 Sept 2026
nsw-online-da: fetched 15 Sept 2026
NSW Planning Portal (PPR): fetched 16 Sept 2026
qld-developmenti: fetched 15 Sept 2026
VIC Amendments Online: fetched 15 Sept 2026
vic-melbourne-da: fetched 15 Sept 2026