Overview

This brief summarises the planning position for Ryde 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: 3; full register history
Applications, 12 mo: 385; lodged in trailing year
Approval rate: 67%; of 3 recorded outcomes
Median decision: 70 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: 385
Lodged: 0
Under assessment: 88
Determined: 276
Withdrawn: 21

The council typically determines an application in a median of 70 days (mean 78), measured across 977 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.

See all development applications in Ryde City Council

Rezoning pipeline

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

Proposal	Stage	Updated
Clause 5.4(9) & 5.5 – Secondary Dwelling Provisions	Post-exhibition	10 June 2026
Planning proposal at 361-365 North Rocks Road, North Rocks	Assessment	16 Mar 2026

Recent amendments

Amendment	Stage	Status date	Outcome
Clause 5.4(9) & 5.5 – Secondary Dwelling Provisions	Post-exhibition	10 June 2026	Approved
Planning proposal at 361-365 North Rocks Road, North Rocks	Assessment	16 Mar 2026	Approved
Increasing commercial floorspace in Epping Town Centre	Withdrawn	11 Oct 2021	Rejected

Planning disputes

20 matters naming Ryde 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 Council 7, Applicant 3 (across 10 enriched matters).

Matter	Court	Decided	Outcome
Syncept Chatham Pty Ltd v City of Ryde Council (No 2) [2020] NSWLEC 30	NSWLEC	17 Apr 2020	Costs·Applicant
Syncept Chatham Pty Ltd v City of Ryde Council [2019] NSWLEC 170	NSWLEC	8 Nov 2019	not on record
Bella Ikea Ryde Pty Ltd v City of Ryde Council [2018] NSWLEC 142	NSWLEC	13 Sept 2018	Interlocutory
Alramon Pty Limited v City of Ryde Council [2014] NSWLEC 100	NSWLEC	21 July 2014	not on record
The Council of the City of Ryde v Felici [2009] NSWLEC 27	NSWLEC	10 Mar 2009	Upheld·Council
Ryde City Council v Craig Fry [2007] NSWLEC 253	NSWLEC	24 Apr 2007	Other·Council
Adbooth Pty Limited v Ryde City Council [2006] NSWLEC 783	NSWLEC	7 Dec 2006	Refused·Council
Crown Atlantis Joint Venture v Ryde City Council [2005] NSWLEC 303	NSWLEC	15 June 2005	Dismissed·Council
RYDE CITY COUNCIL v SALEH [2004] NSWCA 219	NSWCA	7 July 2004	not on record
Cantarella Bros Pty Ltd v City of Ryde Council [2003] NSWLEC 388	NSWLEC	10 Nov 2003	Interlocutory
Ryde City Council v Gavan Guo Xu [2003] NSWLEC 146	NSWLEC	2 July 2003	Other·Council
RYDE CITY COUNCIL v WENDY JOYCE SMITH [2003] NSWCA 57	NSWCA	6 Mar 2003	not on record
Ryde City Council v Chin [2003] NSWLEC 64	NSWLEC	1 Nov 2002	Upheld·Council
Ryde City Council v Chin (No 2) [2003] NSWLEC 162	NSWLEC	3 Oct 2002	not on record
Scouts Australia v Ryde City Council [2002] NSWLEC 56	NSWLEC	24 Apr 2002	Interlocutory·Applicant

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 Ryde City Council dispute in the national list

Sources and provenance

This brief is computed from 3 records held for Ryde City Council. Figures are computed directly from source records, never estimated, and gaps are shown as gaps.

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