Planning brief
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Mid-Coast Council
Overview
This brief summarises the planning position for Mid-Coast 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
- 9
- full register history
- Applications, 12 mo
- 1,103
- lodged in trailing year
- Approval rate
- 100%
- of 2 recorded outcomes
- Median decision
- 34 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
- 1,103
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 201
- Determined
- 883
- Withdrawn
- 19
The council typically determines an application in a median of 34 days (mean 57), measured across 2,887 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highway Services Oxley Highway, Sancrox | Assessment | 20 May 2026 |
| Planning proposal - draft MidCoast Local Environmental Plan | Assessment | 28 Feb 2025 |
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Services Oxley Highway, Sancrox | Assessment | 20 May 2026 | Approved |
| Planning proposal - draft MidCoast Local Environmental Plan | Assessment | 28 Feb 2025 | Approved |
| George Street and Coxs Lane, Fullerton Cove | Withdrawn | 25 Jan 2022 | · |
| Myall River Downs, Amendment to Great Lakes LEP 1996 | Withdrawn | 6 Sept 2021 | · |
| Short-term Holiday Rental of Dwellings - Amendment to Great Lakes LEP 2014 | Withdrawn | 6 Sept 2021 | · |
| Greater Taree LEP 2010 Amendment - Tallwood Drive and Old Soldiers Road Rainbow Flat | Withdrawn | 30 Jan 2021 | · |
| Amendment to Great Lakes LEP 2014 - Livable Housing Design Guidelines and flexible zone boundaries | Withdrawn | 30 Jan 2021 | · |
| MidCoast Amendment to Great Lakes LEP 2014 - Reduce the minimum lot sizes for key greenfield sites identified on the Dwelling Density Maps | Withdrawn | 30 Jan 2021 | · |
| Great Lakes LEP 2014 - Bluey''''s Estate Charlotte Bay | Withdrawn | 30 Jan 2021 | · |
Planning disputes
16 matters naming Mid-Coast 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 4, Applicant 2, Mixed 2 (across 8 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 9 records held for Mid-Coast Council. Figures are computed directly from source records, never estimated, and gaps are shown as gaps.
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- 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
- qld-developmenti
- fetched 27 Oct 2026
- VIC Amendments Online
- fetched 25 Oct 2026
- vic-melbourne-da
- fetched 27 Oct 2026
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