Planning brief

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Wollondilly Shire Council

NSW register name Wollondilly Shire Council as at 27 Oct 2026

Overview

This brief summarises the planning position for Wollondilly 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
13
full register history
Applications, 12 mo
1,244
lodged in trailing year
Approval rate
67%
of 3 recorded outcomes
Median decision
26 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
1,244
Lodged
0
Under assessment
198
Determined
992
Withdrawn
54

The council typically determines an application in a median of 26 days (mean 55), measured across 2,690 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.

See all development applications in Wollondilly Shire Council

Rezoning pipeline

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

ProposalStageUpdated
Wilton Industrial ParkAssessment19 May 2026
Planning Proposal - Proposed Amendments to WLEP 2011 (Encouraging Horticulture in Rural Zones)Assessment7 Apr 2025

Recent amendments

AmendmentStageStatus dateOutcome
Wilton Industrial ParkAssessment19 May 2026Approved
Planning Proposal - Proposed Amendments to WLEP 2011 (Encouraging Horticulture in Rural Zones)Assessment7 Apr 2025Approved
2 Jarvisfield Road, Picton Seniors Living Planning ProposalWithdrawn24 May 2022Rejected
Land Adjoining Oakdale Sportfields (150 dwellings)Withdrawn2 Feb 2021·
Land Adjoining Bargo Sportsground (Kader Street), Bargo (22 dwellings)Withdrawn2 Feb 2021·
Burragorang and Steveys Forest Roads, Oakdale (30 dwellings. 0 jobs)Withdrawn2 Feb 2021·
Cross Street, Tahmoor (260 dwellings, 0 jobs)Withdrawn2 Feb 2021·
Government Road, Bargo (5 dwellings)Withdrawn2 Feb 2021·
The Oaks North (12 dwellings)Withdrawn2 Feb 2021·
Picton East (385 dwellings, 0 jobs)Withdrawn2 Feb 2021·
Stonequarry Commercial (Expansion of Picton Commercial Precinct)Withdrawn28 Nov 2020·
Land Adjacent to the Mushroom Tunnel, Picton (32 dwellings)Withdrawn28 Nov 2020·

Planning disputes

22 matters naming Wollondilly 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 6, Mixed 5, Applicant 4 (across 15 enriched matters).

MatterCourtDecidedOutcome
Siobhan Bromley v Wollondilly Shire Council [2026] NSWLEC 130 NSWLEC19 Oct 2026Interlocutory·Applicant
Godfrey v Wollondilly Shire Council [2026] NSWCA 181 NSWCA7 Sept 2026Remitted·Mixed
Wollondilly Shire Council v Khoder (No 2) [2025] NSWLEC 53 NSWLEC2 June 2025Upheld·Council
Muscat Developments Pty Ltd v Wollondilly Shire Council [2023] NSWLEC 121 NSWLEC9 Nov 2023Remitted·Applicant
Cavanagh v Wollondilly Shire Council (No 2) [2019] NSWLEC 181 NSWLEC22 Nov 2019Other·Applicant
Cavanagh v Wollondilly Shire Council [2019] NSWLEC 105 NSWLEC24 July 2019Interlocutory·Mixed
Lend Lease Communities (Wilton) Pty Ltd v Wollondilly Shire Council [2016] NSWLEC 111 NSWLEC30 Aug 2016not on record
Wollondilly Shire Council v McAllister [2016] NSWLEC 96 NSWLEC2 Aug 2016Interlocutory
Ironlaw Pty Ltd v Wollondilly Shire Council (No 2) [2013] NSWLEC 146 NSWLEC10 Sept 2013not on record
820 Cawdor Road Pty Ltd v Wollondilly Shire Council [2013] NSWLEC 8 NSWLEC7 Feb 2013Dismissed·Council
Ironlaw Pty Ltd v Wollondilly Shire Council [2012] NSWLEC 262 NSWLEC29 Nov 2012Interlocutory·Mixed
Camilleri v Wollondilly Shire Council [2009] NSWLEC 136 NSWLEC3 Aug 2009Dismissed·Mixed
Costelloe v Wollondilly Shire Council [2007] NSWLEC 706 NSWLEC24 Oct 2007Dismissed·Council
James Godfrey v Wollondilly Shire Council (No 2) [2007] NSWLEC 280 NSWLEC24 May 2007Granted·Mixed
James Godfrey v Wollondilly Shire Council [2007] NSWLEC 33 NSWLEC30 Jan 2007not 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 Wollondilly Shire Council dispute in the national list

Sources and provenance

This brief is computed from 13 records held for Wollondilly Shire Council. Figures are computed directly from source records, never estimated, and gaps are shown as gaps.

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