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Ku-ring-gai Council

NSW register name Ku-ring-gai Council as at 30 Oct 2026

Overview

This brief summarises the planning position for Ku-ring-gai 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
12
full register history
Applications, 12 mo
551
lodged in trailing year
Approval rate
100%
of 4 recorded outcomes
Median decision
80 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
551
Lodged
0
Under assessment
133
Determined
391
Withdrawn
27

The council typically determines an application in a median of 80 days (mean 89), measured across 1,268 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.

See all development applications in Ku-ring-gai Council

Rezoning pipeline

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

ProposalStageUpdated
Amendment KLEP2015 - Floor Space Ratio (FSR) Provisions for Dual OccupancyAssessment12 June 2026
1364-1396 Pacific Highway, and 1, 1A and 3, 3A Kissing Point Road, TurramurraAssessment29 Mar 2026

Recent amendments

AmendmentStageStatus dateOutcome
Amendment KLEP2015 - Floor Space Ratio (FSR) Provisions for Dual OccupancyAssessment12 June 2026Approved
1364-1396 Pacific Highway, and 1, 1A and 3, 3A Kissing Point Road, TurramurraAssessment29 Mar 2026Approved
345 Pacific Highway, Lindfield (98 dwellings and 3,285m2 commercial floor space)Withdrawn25 Nov 2025·
95-97 Stanhope Road, Killara (Lourdes Retirement Village)Withdrawn2 July 2024Approved
Lourdes Retirement Village - 95-97 Stanhope Road, KillaraWithdrawn12 Oct 2022·
95-97 Stanhope Road, KillaraWithdrawn12 Oct 2022·
Rezone and reclassify Council owned land being Lot Y DP387680 Part of 4 Pennant Ave, GordonWithdrawn13 Sept 2022Approved
Ku-ring-gai Local Environmental Plan (Local Centres) 2012 - Reclassification of land at 9, 15 and 17 Dumaresq Street, Gordon (0 homes, 0 jobs)Withdrawn7 July 2021·
Ku-ring-gai Local Environmental Plan 2015 - 4 Pennant Avenue, GordonWithdrawn31 May 2021·
Ku-ring-gai Local Environmental Plan 2015 - 47 Warrane Road, Roseville ChaseWithdrawn31 May 2021·
Introduction of floor space ratio controls for low density residential developmentWithdrawn28 May 2021·
Ku-ring-gai Local Environmental Plan 2015 - 69 Kissing Point Road, TurramurraWithdrawn24 Mar 2021·

Planning disputes

20 matters naming Ku-ring-gai 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, Mixed 2, Applicant 2 (across 14 enriched matters).

MatterCourtDecidedOutcome
Charara v Ku-ring-gai Council [2019] NSWLEC 183 NSWLEC28 Nov 2019Other·Mixed
Palmer v Ku-ring-gai Council [2018] NSWLEC 16 NSWLEC16 Feb 2018Upheld·Council
Ku-ring-gai Council v Abroon [2010] NSWLEC 176 NSWLEC21 Sept 2010Interlocutory·Applicant
Ku-ring-gai Council v Minister for Planning (No 2) [2008] NSWLEC 276 NSWLEC2 Oct 2008Dismissed·Council
Ku-ring-gai Council v Minister for Planning & Anor [2008] NSWLEC 174 NSWLEC21 May 2008Dismissed·Council
Ku-Ring-Gai Council v Faigan [2007] NSWLEC 767 NSWLEC19 Nov 2007Upheld·Council
Charalambous v Ku-ring-gai Council [2007] NSWLEC 510 NSWLEC21 Aug 2007Dismissed·Council
Shaynd v Ku-ring-Gai Council [2005] NSWLEC 79 NSWLEC24 Jan 2005not on record
Toon v Ku-ring-gai Council (No 2) [2004] NSWLEC 593 NSWLEC5 Oct 2004Costs·Applicant
Toon v Ku-ring-gai Council [2004] NSWLEC 173 NSWLEC30 Apr 2004not on record
Hones v Ku-ring-gai Council [2004] NSWLEC 168 NSWLEC16 Apr 2004Other·Mixed
Porfiri v Ku-ring-gai Council [2003] NSWLEC 34 NSWLEC28 Feb 2003Refused·Council
Porfiri v Ku-ring-gai Council [2002] NSWLEC 136 NSWLEC22 Aug 2002Refused·Council
Joyce v Ku-Ring-Gai Council [2002] NSWLEC 46 NSWLEC28 Mar 2002not on record
Sale v Ku-ring-Gai Municipal Council [2001] NSWLEC 291 NSWLEC21 Dec 2001not 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 Ku-ring-gai Council dispute in the national list

Sources and provenance

This brief is computed from 12 records held for Ku-ring-gai Council. Figures are computed directly from source records, never estimated, and gaps are shown as gaps.

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