Planning brief
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Gunnedah Shire Council
Overview
This brief summarises the planning position for Gunnedah 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
- 3
- full register history
- Applications, 12 mo
- 106
- lodged in trailing year
- Approval rate
- 100%
- of 1 recorded outcome
- Median decision
- 77 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
- 106
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 18
- Determined
- 83
- Withdrawn
- 5
The council typically determines an application in a median of 77 days (mean 91), measured across 251 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.
Rezoning pipeline
No proposals are currently in the pipeline for Gunnedah Shire Council. Gazetted amendments and the full amendment history are below.
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Proposal for Additional Permitted Land Use, 127-141 Lochrey Road, Gunnedah | Withdrawn | 30 Oct 2023 | Approved |
| Gunnedah Housekeeping 2018 | Withdrawn | 25 Aug 2021 | · |
| Gunnedah LEP 2012 - Housekeeping LEP | Withdrawn | 28 Nov 2020 | · |
Planning disputes
5 matters naming Gunnedah 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 1, Council 1 (across 2 enriched matters).
| Matter | Court | Decided | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnedah Shire Council v Woodhead [2020] NSWLEC 131 | NSWLEC | 7 Sept 2020 | not on record |
| Burgess v Gunnedah Shire Council [2010] NSWLEC 97 | NSWLEC | 11 June 2010 | Granted·Applicant |
| Mathews v Council of the Shire of Gunnedah [2010] NSWSC 412 | NSWSC | 5 May 2010 | Dismissed·Council |
| McILVAIN v THE COUNCIL OF THE SHIRE OF GUNNEDAH [1998] NSWCA 152 | NSWCA | 2 Oct 1998 | Other |
| COUNCIL OF THE SHIRE OF GUNNEDAH v MORGAN-MOFFATT [1995] NSWCA 104 | NSWCA | 8 Aug 1995 | 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 Gunnedah Shire Council dispute in the national list
Sources and provenance
This brief is computed from 3 records held for Gunnedah 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 17 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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