Planning brief
Rezoning Hub
Lismore City Council
Overview
This brief summarises the planning position for Lismore 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
- 6
- full register history
- Applications, 12 mo
- 402
- lodged in trailing year
- Approval rate
- 100%
- of 2 recorded outcomes
- Median decision
- 22 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
- 402
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 43
- Determined
- 355
- Withdrawn
- 4
The council typically determines an application in a median of 22 days (mean 44), measured across 994 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.
Rezoning pipeline
Proposals still moving through the system here, before they are gazetted. Newest activity first.
| Proposal | Stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment to Lismore LEP 2012 to allow additional permitted uses in South Lismore | Assessment | 6 Apr 2026 |
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment to Lismore LEP 2012 to allow additional permitted uses in South Lismore | Assessment | 6 Apr 2026 | Approved |
| Rileys Hill Village - Planning Proposal 36 Lots - RU5 | Withdrawn | 12 Aug 2022 | Approved |
| Additional Permitted Use for a Service Station - 1055 Bruxner Highway, Goonellabah | Withdrawn | 15 Feb 2022 | · |
| Lismore LEP 2012 - Trinity Drive Precinct Residential Release | Withdrawn | 28 Nov 2020 | · |
| Proposed industrial zone for part Lot 1 DP817406, Robb Street, Alstonville | Withdrawn | 28 Nov 2020 | · |
| Lismore LEP 2012 - Rezone part of 55 Palmers Road, McLeans Ridges to create 1 additional rural residential allotment | Withdrawn | 28 Nov 2020 | · |
Planning disputes
20 matters naming Lismore 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 11, Applicant 3, Mixed 1 (across 15 enriched matters).
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 6 records held for Lismore 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 29 Oct 2026
- nsw-online-da
- fetched 26 Oct 2026
- NSW Planning Portal (PPR)
- fetched 29 Oct 2026
- qld-developmenti
- fetched 29 Oct 2026
- VIC Amendments Online
- fetched 25 Oct 2026
- vic-melbourne-da
- fetched 29 Oct 2026
Data © state planning departments, licensed CC BY 4.0. Prepared by Rezoning Hub, rezoninghub.com.