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Tweed Shire Council

NSW register name Tweed Shire Council as at 27 Oct 2026

Overview

This brief summarises the planning position for Tweed 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
10
full register history
Applications, 12 mo
1,025
lodged in trailing year
Approval rate
50%
of 2 recorded outcomes
Median decision
80 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
1,025
Lodged
2
Under assessment
366
Determined
605
Withdrawn
52

The council typically determines an application in a median of 80 days (mean 95), measured across 1,976 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.

See all development applications in Tweed Shire Council

Rezoning pipeline

No proposals are currently in the pipeline for Tweed Shire Council. Gazetted amendments and the full amendment history are below.

Recent amendments

AmendmentStageStatus dateOutcome
Planning Proposal for Lot 1 DP 818394 at Clothiers Creek Road in BogangarWithdrawn22 Apr 2026Approved
Kingscliff Locality Plan & Tweed DCP Section B 26 ImplementationWithdrawn10 July 2023Rejected
Tweed LEP 2014 - Wardrop Valley Road - Potential Employment Land Area 6Withdrawn20 Sept 2022·
Tweed LEP 2014 - Rezoning of 7 hectares of land at Winchelsea Way, Terranora to enable the development of approximately 20 rural residential allotments.Withdrawn6 Sept 2021·
Amend Tweed LEP 2014 to prohibit water extraction and bottling in the RU2 zoneWithdrawn28 Nov 2020·
Tweed City Centre LEP 2012 - To identify a medical centre as an additional permitted use at Lot 12 DP 803451, 22- 38 Florence Street, Tweed HeadsWithdrawn28 Nov 2020·
Tweed LEP 2014 - Short-Term Rental AccommodationWithdrawn28 Nov 2020·
Tweed LEP 2014 - Amendment X - Enable a council pound on any land without consentWithdrawn28 Nov 2020·
Tweed LEP 2014 - Identify a medical centre as an additional permitted use on Part Lot 3 SP 74283 and Lot 5 SP 83483, 49-61 Bells Boulevard, KingscliffWithdrawn28 Nov 2020·
Tweed LEP 2014 - Rezoning of approximately 3.6 hectares of land at 225 Terranora Road, Banora Point, to enable the development of approximately 2 rural residential allotments.Withdrawn28 Nov 2020·

Planning disputes

20 matters naming Tweed 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 8, Applicant 3, Mixed 1 (across 12 enriched matters).

MatterCourtDecidedOutcome
Denise Lyn Hurley v Tweed Shire Council [2026] NSWLEC 6 NSWLEC6 Feb 2026Dismissed·Council
Marano v Tweed Shire Council [2021] NSWLEC 95 NSWLEC1 Sept 2021Upheld·Applicant
Karlos v Tweed Shire Council [2018] NSWLEC 164 NSWLEC24 Oct 2018Dismissed·Council
Tweed Shire Council v Furlonger [2015] NSWLEC 107 NSWLEC6 July 2015Upheld·Council
Tweed Shire Council v Gennacker Pty Ltd [2015] NSWLEC 3 NSWLEC30 Jan 2015Dismissed·Applicant
Tweed Shire Council v Furlonger [2014] NSWLEC 156 NSWLEC30 Sept 2014Dismissed·Applicant
Tweed Shire Council v Sikiric (No 2) [2012] NSWLEC 119 NSWLEC24 May 2012Upheld·Council
Tweed Shire Council v Sikiric [2011] NSWLEC 240 NSWLEC9 Dec 2011Upheld·Council
Tweed Shire Council v Michael Allen trading as M W Allen & Associates [2009] NSWSC 1195 NSWSC11 Nov 2009Dismissed·Council
Tweed Shire Council v Garrie Marriott [2008] NSWCA 166 NSWCA8 July 2008not on record
Blackington Pty Ltd v Tweed Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 158 NSWLEC10 Apr 2006Other
Tweed Shire Council v Kress [2004] NSWLEC 653 NSWLEC3 Nov 2004Upheld·Council
Hillpalm v Tweed Shire Council [2002] NSWCA 332 NSWCA3 Oct 2002Dismissed·Council
Tweed Shire Council v Wood-Lightbound [2000] NSWSC 153 NSWSC13 Mar 2000not on record
Hardy v Tweed Shire Council [1999] NSWCA 357 NSWCA16 Aug 1999not on record

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 Tweed Shire Council dispute in the national list

Sources and provenance

This brief is computed from 10 records held for Tweed Shire Council. Figures are computed directly from source records, never estimated, and gaps are shown as gaps.

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