Planning brief
Rezoning Hub
The Hills Shire Council
Overview
This brief summarises the planning position for The Hills 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
- 14
- full register history
- Applications, 12 mo
- 1,291
- lodged in trailing year
- Approval rate
- 75%
- of 8 recorded outcomes
- Median decision
- 64 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
- 1,291
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 182
- Determined
- 979
- Withdrawn
- 130
The council typically determines an application in a median of 64 days (mean 90), measured across 3,742 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.
Rezoning pipeline
Proposals still moving through the system here, before they are gazetted. Newest activity first.
| Proposal | Stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| FSR and HOB changes in Norwest Service / Showground Precinct (8/2025/PLP) | Assessment | 14 Jan 2026 |
| Planning Proposal to reclassify and rezone a portion of Woodchester Close Reserve, Castle Hill | Lodged | 16 Feb 2026 |
| Tallawong Town Centre | Lodged | 25 Aug 2025 |
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87-97 Castle Hill Road & 121-131 Oratava Avenue, West Pennant Hills | Withdrawn | 18 Mar 2026 | Approved |
| Planning Proposal to reclassify and rezone a portion of Woodchester Close Reserve, Castle Hill | Lodged | 16 Feb 2026 | Approved |
| FSR and HOB changes in Norwest Service / Showground Precinct (8/2025/PLP) | Assessment | 14 Jan 2026 | Approved |
| Tallawong Town Centre | Lodged | 25 Aug 2025 | · |
| 7 City View Road, Pennant Hills | Withdrawn | 14 June 2023 | Approved |
| Planning Proposal Winston Hills - Dual Occupancy Prohibition | Withdrawn | 5 May 2022 | Rejected |
| The Hills LEP 2012 - Derriwong Road and Old Northern Road, Dural (181 dwellings) | Withdrawn | 5 Apr 2022 | Approved |
| Rezoning of land at Hills Road Rileys Hill from RU1 Primary Production to RU5 Village (70 homes, 0 jobs) | Withdrawn | 25 Aug 2021 | Approved |
| The Hills LEP 2019 - 2-22 Larool Crescent and 44-48 Carramarr Road, Castle Hill (128 dwellings) | Withdrawn | 2 Feb 2021 | Rejected |
| The Hills LEP 2019 - Circa Commercial Precinct (466 seniors housing and 24,300 jobs) | Withdrawn | 24 Dec 2020 | · |
| The Hills LEP 2012 - 3 Gilmour Close, 7-13 Glenhaven Road and 1 Kyle Avenue, Glenhaven (0 dwellings) | Withdrawn | 28 Nov 2020 | · |
| The Hills LEP 2012 - 1 - 6 Vivien Place, 1,3,5 and 7 Gay Street and 12 Gilham Street, Castle Hill (220 dwellings) | Withdrawn | 28 Nov 2020 | · |
Planning disputes
21 matters naming The Hills 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 Mixed 6, Council 6, Applicant 2 (across 14 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 The Hills Shire Council dispute in the national list
Sources and provenance
This brief is computed from 14 records held for The Hills 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.