Planning brief

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Wentworth Shire Council

NSW register name Wentworth Shire Council as at 29 Oct 2026

Overview

This brief summarises the planning position for Wentworth 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
2
full register history
Applications, 12 mo
247
lodged in trailing year
Approval rate
100%
of 1 recorded outcome
Median decision
43 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
247
Lodged
0
Under assessment
28
Determined
215
Withdrawn
4

The council typically determines an application in a median of 43 days (mean 61), measured across 606 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.

See all development applications in Wentworth Shire Council

Rezoning pipeline

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

Recent amendments

AmendmentStageStatus dateOutcome
Wentworth LEP 2011 Amendment No. 10 - Additional Permitted Use - Jewel Markets, Sturt Highway, Gol GolWithdrawn25 Aug 2021Approved
Rezone RU1 land known as part 'Kelso Station', Pooncarie Rd Wentworth to permit rural residential developmentWithdrawn28 Nov 2020·

Planning disputes

16 matters naming Wentworth 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 3, Mixed 1, Applicant 1 (across 5 enriched matters).

MatterCourtDecidedOutcome
Peregrine Mineral Sands Pty Ltd v Wentworth Shire Council [2015] NSWLEC 41 NSWLEC25 Mar 2015Costs·Council
Peregrine Mineral Sands Pty Ltd v Wentworth Shire Council [2014] NSWCA 429 NSWCA11 Dec 2014Dismissed·Council
Wentworth Shire Council v Bemax Resources Limited and Ors (costs) [2013] NSWSC 1364 NSWSC12 Sept 2013Costs·Council
Wentworth Shire Council v Bemax Resources Limited and Ors [2013] NSWSC 1047 NSWSC2 Aug 2013Other·Mixed
Peregrine Mineral Sands Pty Ltd v Wentworth Shire Council [2012] NSWLEC 237 NSWLEC19 Oct 2012Other·Applicant
PETTIGREW v WENTWORTH SHIRE COUNCIL [2012] NSWSC 624 NSWSC12 June 2012not on record
Berryman v Joslyn; Wentworth Shire Council v Joslyn (2) [2004] NSWCA 239 NSWCA16 July 2004not on record
Berryman v Joslyn; Wentworth Shire Council v Joslyn [2004] NSWCA 121 NSWCA23 Apr 2004not on record
Berryman v Joslyn & AnorWentworth Shire Council v Joslyn & Anor [2001] NSWCA 95 NSWCA11 Apr 2001not on record
Murray Darling Community Care Incorporated and Coomealla Aboriginal Housing Company Ltd v Wentworth Shire Council [2000] NSWLEC 236 NSWLEC7 Nov 2000not on record
COOMEALLA ABORIGINAL HOUSING CO LIMITED v. WENTWORTH SHIRE COUNCIL [1998] NSWLEC 125 (15 June 1998) [1998] NSWLEC 56 NSWLEC15 June 1998not on record
COOMEALLA ABORIGINAL HOUSING PTY LIMITED v. WENTWORTH SHIRE COUNCIL [1998] NSWLEC 107 (7 May 1998) [1998] NSWLEC 57 NSWLEC7 May 1998not on record
CARISTE PTY LTD and ANOR v THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BLUE MOUNTAINS [1996] NSWCA 92 NSWCA18 Nov 1996Other
ROHATGI v MEDICAL TRIBUNAL OF NEW SOUTH WALES and ANOR [1994] NSWCA 270 NSWCA20 Apr 1994Other
JOHNSON v IPEC TRANSPORT GROUP [1993] NSWCA 147 NSWCA27 Aug 1993Other

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 Wentworth Shire Council dispute in the national list

Sources and provenance

This brief is computed from 2 records held for Wentworth Shire Council. Figures are computed directly from source records, never estimated, and gaps are shown as gaps.

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