Planning brief
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Port Stephens Council
Overview
This brief summarises the planning position for Port Stephens 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
- 14
- full register history
- Applications, 12 mo
- 769
- lodged in trailing year
- Approval rate
- 67%
- of 3 recorded outcomes
- Median decision
- 28 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
- 769
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 112
- Determined
- 623
- Withdrawn
- 34
The council typically determines an application in a median of 28 days (mean 47), measured across 2,055 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.
Rezoning pipeline
No proposals are currently in the pipeline for Port Stephens Council. Gazetted amendments and the full amendment history are below.
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 96 - 100 Port Stephens Street, Raymond Terrace | Withdrawn | 28 Feb 2022 | Approved |
| 339 Tarean Road, Karuah | Withdrawn | 9 Aug 2021 | Approved |
| Proposed Amendment to the Port Stephens LEP 2013 - 269 Tarean Road, Karuah - multiple lots | Withdrawn | 4 Aug 2021 | Rejected |
| Port Stephens LEP 2013 - Amendment to Schedule 2 Exempt Development (Water Storage Facilities) | Withdrawn | 30 Jan 2021 | · |
| Amendment to Port Stephens LEP 2000 & Port Stephens LEP (Kings Hill, Raymond Terrace) 2010 | Withdrawn | 30 Jan 2021 | · |
| Rezone and Reclassify Part 22 Homestead Street and Part 1 Diemars Road, Salamander Bay | Withdrawn | 30 Jan 2021 | · |
| Anna Bay North | Withdrawn | 30 Jan 2021 | · |
| Reclassification and rezoning of part of Boomerang Park, Raymond Terrace | Withdrawn | 30 Jan 2021 | · |
| Port Stephens Local Environmental Plan 2013 Amendment 17 Ferodale Road Medowie | Withdrawn | 30 Jan 2021 | · |
| Rezone land at Adelaide Street Raymond Terrace for residential purposes (60 dwellings) | Withdrawn | 30 Jan 2021 | · |
| 95A and 97 Stockton Street Nelson Bay (additional permitted use) | Withdrawn | 30 Jan 2021 | · |
| Amendment to Port Stephens Local Environmental Plan (Kings Hill, North Raymond Terrace) 2010 - various matters | Withdrawn | 30 Jan 2021 | · |
Planning disputes
20 matters naming Port Stephens 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 6, Applicant 3, Mixed 3 (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 Port Stephens Council dispute in the national list
Sources and provenance
This brief is computed from 14 records held for Port Stephens 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
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- nsw-caselaw
- fetched 28 Oct 2026
- nsw-online-da
- fetched 26 Oct 2026
- NSW Planning Portal (PPR)
- fetched 29 Oct 2026
- qld-developmenti
- fetched 28 Oct 2026
- VIC Amendments Online
- fetched 25 Oct 2026
- vic-melbourne-da
- fetched 28 Oct 2026
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