Planning brief
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Muswellbrook Shire Council
Overview
This brief summarises the planning position for Muswellbrook Shire 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
- 5
- full register history
- Applications, 12 mo
- 190
- lodged in trailing year
- Approval rate
- 100%
- of 1 recorded outcome
- Median decision
- 48 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
- 190
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 42
- Determined
- 140
- Withdrawn
- 8
The council typically determines an application in a median of 48 days (mean 68), measured across 369 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.
See all development applications in Muswellbrook Shire Council
Rezoning pipeline
No proposals are currently in the pipeline for Muswellbrook Shire Council. Gazetted amendments and the full amendment history are below.
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Permitted Uses (Stage 1) - Bayswater Power Station | Withdrawn | 1 Apr 2025 | Approved |
| Muswellbrook Local Environmental Plan 2009 - New Shire Wide LEP | Withdrawn | 28 Feb 2022 | · |
| Muswellbrook Bypass Realignment | Withdrawn | 24 Nov 2021 | · |
| PP018 Rezone the former Forestry site - 72-74 Maitland Street, Muswellbrook | Withdrawn | 29 Oct 2021 | · |
| Amendment 13 Muswellbrook LEP 2009 - Woodlands Ridge Extension | Withdrawn | 30 Jan 2021 | · |
Planning disputes
20 matters naming Muswellbrook Shire 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 7, Mixed 3, Applicant 2 (across 12 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.
See every Muswellbrook Shire Council dispute in the national list
Sources and provenance
This brief is computed from 5 records held for Muswellbrook Shire 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 28 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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