Planning brief
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Sutherland Shire Council
Overview
This brief summarises the planning position for Sutherland 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
- 8
- full register history
- Applications, 12 mo
- 1,031
- lodged in trailing year
- Approval rate
- 100%
- of 5 recorded outcomes
- Median decision
- 96 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
- 1,031
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 281
- Determined
- 690
- Withdrawn
- 60
The council typically determines an application in a median of 96 days (mean 111), measured across 2,254 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.
See all development applications in Sutherland Shire Council
Rezoning pipeline
Proposals still moving through the system here, before they are gazetted. Newest activity first.
| Proposal | Stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Kurnell Peninsula | Post-exhibition | 11 May 2026 |
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurnell Peninsula | Post-exhibition | 11 May 2026 | · |
| North Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club Reclassification | Withdrawn | 19 Feb 2026 | Approved |
| Planning Proposal: Part A 23 Kiora Road, 2-6 Willock Avenue Miranda, Part B Design Excellence | Withdrawn | 24 June 2025 | Approved |
| Planning Proposal 13 Endeavour Road, Caringbah | Withdrawn | 24 Nov 2023 | Approved |
| Western Side Taren Point Road, Taren Point | Withdrawn | 26 June 2023 | Approved |
| Planning Proposal 13 Endeavour Road, Caringbah | Withdrawn | 14 Feb 2023 | Approved |
| Housekeeping Amendment 1 - Draft Sutherland Shire Local Environmental Plan 2014 | Withdrawn | 12 Sept 2020 | · |
| Planning proposal to amend building height and FSR controls applying to 10-14 Merton Street, Sutherland (80 dwellings) | Withdrawn | 12 Sept 2020 | · |
Planning disputes
20 matters naming Sutherland 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, Applicant 4, Mixed 2 (across 13 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 Sutherland Shire Council dispute in the national list
Sources and provenance
This brief is computed from 8 records held for Sutherland 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 27 Oct 2026
- qld-developmenti
- fetched 27 Oct 2026
- VIC Amendments Online
- fetched 25 Oct 2026
- vic-melbourne-da
- fetched 27 Oct 2026
Data © state planning departments, licensed CC BY 4.0. Prepared by Rezoning Hub, rezoninghub.com.