Planning brief
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Forbes Shire Council
Overview
This brief summarises the planning position for Forbes Shire 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
- 118
- lodged in trailing year
- Approval rate
- 100%
- of 1 recorded outcome
- Median decision
- 29 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
- 118
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 15
- Determined
- 100
- Withdrawn
- 3
The council typically determines an application in a median of 29 days (mean 40), measured across 311 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.
Rezoning pipeline
No proposals are currently in the pipeline for Forbes Shire Council. Gazetted amendments and the full amendment history are below.
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forbesview Pty Ltd - School Road, Forbes | Withdrawn | 8 Dec 2025 | Approved |
Planning disputes
7 matters naming Forbes Shire 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 (across 2 enriched matters).
| Matter | Court | Decided | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environment Protection Authority v Forbes Shire Council [2014] NSWLEC 26 | NSWLEC | 26 Mar 2014 | Other |
| Warriewood Properties Pty Limited v Forbes Shire Council & Anor [2008] NSWLEC 222 | NSWLEC | 18 July 2008 | Granted·Applicant |
| Forbes Shire Council v AG Australia Holdings Ltd (No 2) [2007] NSWSC 1091 | NSWSC | 4 Oct 2007 | not on record |
| Forbes Shire Council v AG Australia Holdings Ltd [2007] NSWSC 847 | NSWSC | 7 Aug 2007 | not on record |
| Forbes Shire Council v Pace [2002] NSWSC 966 | NSWSC | 19 Nov 2002 | Dismissed·Applicant |
| FORBES SHIRE COUNCIL v JONES [1999] NSWCA 419 | NSWCA | 17 Nov 1999 | not on record |
| WEST v FORBES SHIRE COUNCIL [1990] NSWCA 187 | NSWCA | 7 May 1990 | 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.
Sources and provenance
This brief is computed from 1 record held for Forbes Shire 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 16 Sept 2026
- nsw-online-da
- fetched 15 Sept 2026
- NSW Planning Portal (PPR)
- fetched 16 Sept 2026
- qld-developmenti
- fetched 16 Sept 2026
- VIC Amendments Online
- fetched 15 Sept 2026
- vic-melbourne-da
- fetched 16 Sept 2026
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