Rezoning Hub · Planning briefing
Prepared 13 June 2026
Murray River Council
NSW · register name Murray River Council
Snapshot
- Rezonings tracked
- 5
- Applications, 12 mo
- 406
- Approval rate
- 33%
- Median decision
- 28 days
Development applications, last 12 months
- Total
- 406
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 56
- Determined
- 346
- Withdrawn
- 4
Typically decided in a median of 28 days (mean 44), across 894 determined applications.
Live rezoning pipeline
Proposals still moving through the system here, before they are gazetted.
| Proposal | Stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment to Murray Local Environmental Plan 2011 at “Layfield Downs Estate” Charters Drive, Moama | Post-exhibition | 12 June 2026 |
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment to Murray Local Environmental Plan 2011 at “Layfield Downs Estate” Charters Drive, Moama | Post-exhibition | 12 June 2026 |
| Kooyong Park Moama | Withdrawn | 14 Feb 2025 |
| Planning Proposal to create the principal Murray River LEP 2021 | Withdrawn | 8 Oct 2021 |
| Planning Proposal to amend Wakool Local Environmental Plan 2013 - to rezone land from RE2 Private Recreation to R1 General Residential at Lots 1-16 DP 286903, 142 Swan Hill Road, Murray Downs | Withdrawn | 12 July 2021 |
| Murray LEP 2011 (Amendment 3) to amend clause 7.4(2) Development on river front areas to make it a development standard rather than a prohibition, and insert references to the 'Edward River' into relevant clauses and the Dictionary of the Murray LEP 2011. | Withdrawn | 28 Nov 2020 |
Planning disputes
Planning and environment court and tribunal matters naming this council, newest first.
LEVER v MURRAY [1993] NSWCA 160
NSWCA· 25 June 1993
LEVER v MURRAY MURRAY v LEVER [1992] NSWCA 132
NSWCA· 5 Nov 1992