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Overview

This brief summarises the planning position for Hawkesbury 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: 4; full register history
Applications, 12 mo: 423; lodged in trailing year
Approval rate: 50%; of 2 recorded outcomes
Median decision: 58 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: 423
Lodged: 0
Under assessment: 95
Determined: 300
Withdrawn: 28

The council typically determines an application in a median of 58 days (mean 83), measured across 1,115 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.

See all development applications in Hawkesbury City Council

Rezoning pipeline

Proposals still moving through the system here, before they are gazetted. Newest activity first.

Proposal	Stage	Updated
Review of Council owned R2 and R3 zoned land	Post-exhibition	31 Mar 2026

Recent amendments

Amendment	Stage	Status date	Outcome
Review of Council owned R2 and R3 zoned land	Post-exhibition	31 Mar 2026	Approved
Hawkesbury LEP 2012 - 42 Bells Lane, Kurmond - amend minimum lot size to 4000sqm (5 dwellings)	Withdrawn	10 Sept 2021	·
Hawkesbury LEP 2012 (Amendment No 10) - rezoning of 120-188 Hawkesbury Valley Way, Clarendon (0 dwellings)	Withdrawn	2 Feb 2021	Rejected
MOONEY MOONEY (including PEAT ISLAND), rezone surplus government land	Withdrawn	30 Jan 2021	·

Planning disputes

20 matters naming Hawkesbury 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 7, Applicant 4, Mixed 1 (across 12 enriched matters).

Matter	Court	Decided	Outcome
Hawkesbury City Council v Saed [2022] NSWLEC 34	NSWLEC	1 Apr 2022	Upheld·Council
Hawkesbury Sports Council v Martin [2019] NSWCA 76	NSWCA	16 Apr 2019	not on record
Byrnes v Hawkesbury City Council [2015] NSWCA 173	NSWCA	25 June 2015	not on record
Ford v Hawkesbury City Council [2015] NSWLEC 19	NSWLEC	16 Feb 2015	Dismissed·Council
Jarvie v Hawkesbury City Council [2013] NSWSC 1636	NSWSC	7 Nov 2013	Interlocutory·Council
Jarvie v Hawkesbury City Council [2013] NSWSC 1341	NSWSC	17 Sept 2013	not on record
Jarvie v Hawkesbury City Council [2009] NSWLEC 220	NSWLEC	9 Dec 2009	Upheld·Council
Thomson v Hawkesbury City Council [2009] NSWLEC 151	NSWLEC	9 Sept 2009	Dismissed·Council
Angel v Hawkesbury City Council [2008] NSWCA 130	NSWCA	25 June 2008	not on record
Bruyan, S v Hawkesbury City Council [2006] NSWLEC 51	NSWLEC	15 Feb 2006	Costs·Mixed
Hawkesbury City Council v Jarvie [2005] NSWLEC 775	NSWLEC	5 July 2005	Interlocutory·Applicant
HAWKESBURY CITY COUNCIL & ANOR v SAMMUT [2002] NSWCA 18	NSWCA	19 Feb 2002	Upheld·Council
Peare v Hawkesbury City Council [2001] NSWLEC 180	NSWLEC	4 Sept 2001	not on record
Hawkesbury City Council v Ryan [2001] NSWCA 212	NSWCA	5 July 2001	not on record
Bird v Hawkesbury City Council [2001] NSWLEC 1	NSWLEC	6 Dec 2000	not on record

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 Hawkesbury City Council dispute in the national list

Sources and provenance

This brief is computed from 4 records held for Hawkesbury 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 28 Oct 2026
nsw-online-da: fetched 26 Oct 2026
NSW Planning Portal (PPR): fetched 29 Oct 2026
qld-developmenti: fetched 28 Oct 2026
VIC Amendments Online: fetched 25 Oct 2026
vic-melbourne-da: fetched 28 Oct 2026