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Overview

This brief summarises the planning position for Lane Cove Municipal 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: 212; lodged in trailing year
Approval rate: 100%; of 1 recorded outcome
Median decision: 31 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: 212
Lodged: 0
Under assessment: 33
Determined: 173
Withdrawn: 6

The council typically determines an application in a median of 31 days (mean 40), measured across 558 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.

See all development applications in Lane Cove Municipal Council

Rezoning pipeline

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

Recent amendments

Amendment	Stage	Status date	Outcome
Planning proposal to permit shop top housing at 2 Greenwich Rd, Greenwich (70 dwellings)	Withdrawn	15 Apr 2021	Approved

Planning disputes

7 matters naming Lane Cove Municipal 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 3, Applicant 1 (across 4 enriched matters).

Matter	Court	Decided	Outcome
Lane Cove Municipal Council v Wechsler (No 2) [2026] NSWLEC 116	NSWLEC	7 Sept 2026	Costs·Council
Lane Cove Municipal Council v Wechsler [2026] NSWLEC 70	NSWLEC	15 June 2026	Dismissed·Applicant
Brasson Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Cove Municipal Council [2022] NSWLEC 51	NSWLEC	11 Apr 2022	Dismissed·Council
McLeod v Lane Cove Municipal Council [2020] NSWSC 1582	NSWSC	13 Nov 2020	Dismissed·Council
Hunter’s Hill Council v Minister for Local Government; Lane Cove Council v Minister for Local Government; Mosman Municipal Counil v Minister for Local Government; North Sydney Council v Minister for Local Government; Strathfield Municipal Council v Minister for Local Government [2017] NSWCA 188	NSWCA	31 July 2017	not on record
Hunter’s Hill Council v Minister for Local Government;; Lane Cove Council v Minister for Local Government;; Mosman Municipal Council v Minister for Local Government;; North Sydney Council v Minister for Local Government;; Strathfield Municipal Council v Minister for Local Government [2016] NSWLEC 124	NSWLEC	20 Sept 2016	not on record
ASHFIELD MUNICIPAL COUNCIL v VODAFONE PTY LTD; MANLY COUNCIL v TELSTRA CORPORATION LTD [1998] NSWCA 18	NSWCA	16 Dec 1998	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 Lane Cove Municipal Council dispute in the national list

Sources and provenance

This brief is computed from 1 record held for Lane Cove Municipal 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 27 Oct 2026
nsw-online-da: fetched 26 Oct 2026
NSW Planning Portal (PPR): fetched 27 Oct 2026
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VIC Amendments Online: fetched 25 Oct 2026
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