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Overview

This brief summarises the planning position for Randwick 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: 4; full register history
Applications, 12 mo: 779; lodged in trailing year
Approval rate: 0%; of 1 recorded outcome
Median decision: 53 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: 779
Lodged: 0
Under assessment: 144
Determined: 602
Withdrawn: 33

The council typically determines an application in a median of 53 days (mean 64), measured across 1,883 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.

See all development applications in Randwick City Council

Rezoning pipeline

Proposals still moving through the system here, before they are gazetted. Newest activity first.

Proposal	Stage	Updated
Bunnerong Road, Kingsford	Assessment	3 July 2025

Recent amendments

Amendment	Stage	Status date	Outcome
UNSW West - Anzac Parade, Kensington	Withdrawn	1 Mar 2026	Rejected
Bunnerong Road, Kingsford	Assessment	3 July 2025	·
PLANNING PROPOSAL - LOCAL CHARACTER AREAS (Type 3 LCA - To be maintained)	Withdrawn	21 Mar 2022	·
Bumborah Point - Expansion of the Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park	Withdrawn	30 June 2021	·

Planning disputes

21 matters naming Randwick 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 Applicant 7, Council 4, Mixed 3 (across 14 enriched matters).

Matter	Court	Decided	Outcome
Drake v Randwick City Council [2021] NSWLEC 97	NSWLEC	16 Sept 2021	Dismissed·Mixed
Kelly v Randwick City Council [2019] NSWLEC 43	NSWLEC	5 Apr 2019	Costs·Council
Woolworths Limited v Randwick City Council [2017] NSWCA 179	NSWCA	25 July 2017	Remitted·Applicant
Wiedeman v Randwick City Council [2013] NSWLEC 159	NSWLEC	27 Sept 2013	not on record
Defence Housing Australia v Randwick City Council [2013] NSWLEC 59	NSWLEC	8 May 2013	Remitted·Applicant
Randwick Racecourse Drive-in Cinema Pty Ltd v Randwick City Council [2010] NSWLEC 134	NSWLEC	29 June 2010	Interlocutory·Applicant
Pselletes v Randwick City Council [2009] NSWCA 262	NSWCA	8 Sept 2009	Dismissed·Council
Pselletes v Randwick City Council [2008] NSWLEC 234	NSWLEC	15 Aug 2008	Dismissed·Council
Randwick City Council v Muzic [2006] NSWCA 66	NSWCA	6 Apr 2006	Upheld·Mixed
Doueihi v Randwick City Council [2005] NSWLEC 527	NSWLEC	23 Sept 2005	not on record
Randwick City Council v Burnett & Anor [2005] NSWSC 508	NSWSC	31 May 2005	not on record
Smith v Randwick City Council [No 2] [2001] NSWLEC 88	NSWLEC	24 May 2001	Costs·Applicant
Smith v Randwick City Council [2001] NSWLEC 77	NSWLEC	27 Apr 2001	Dismissed·Council
Jack Ziade v Randwick City Council [2001] NSWSC 18	NSWSC	23 Feb 2001	Upheld·Applicant
Commonwealth of Australia v Randwick City Council [2000] NSWLEC 276	NSWLEC	20 Dec 2000	Interlocutory·Mixed

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 Randwick City Council dispute in the national list

Sources and provenance

This brief is computed from 4 records held for Randwick 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 30 Oct 2026
qld-developmenti: fetched 29 Oct 2026
VIC Amendments Online: fetched 29 Oct 2026
vic-melbourne-da: fetched 29 Oct 2026