Planning brief
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Woollahra Municipal Council
Overview
This brief summarises the planning position for Woollahra Municipal 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
- 6
- full register history
- Applications, 12 mo
- 929
- lodged in trailing year
- Approval rate
- 33%
- of 3 recorded outcomes
- Median decision
- 75 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
- 929
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 216
- Determined
- 619
- Withdrawn
- 94
The council typically determines an application in a median of 75 days (mean 85), measured across 2,174 determined applications carrying both a lodgement and a determination date.
See all development applications in Woollahra Municipal Council
Rezoning pipeline
Proposals still moving through the system here, before they are gazetted. Newest activity first.
| Proposal | Stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 8-10 New Mclean Street, Edgecliff | Assessment | 20 Apr 2026 |
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8-10 New Mclean Street, Edgecliff | Assessment | 20 Apr 2026 | Approved |
| Planning proposal to remove land acquisition reservations in Edgecliff | Withdrawn | 18 Apr 2023 | Rejected |
| Interpretation of Desired Future Character - Woollahra LEP 2014 | Withdrawn | 24 Aug 2022 | Rejected |
| Local Heritage Listing of 46 Vaucluse Road, Vaucluse | Withdrawn | 28 July 2021 | · |
| Planning proposal to amend Woollahra LEP 2014 to rezone 42-58 Old South Head Road, Vaucluse from R2 Low Density Residential to R3 Medium Density Residential and amend the development standards (67 dwellings) | Withdrawn | 12 Sept 2020 | · |
| Proposal to amend Woollahra LEP 2014 to include minimum lot size standards for manor houses and multi dwelling housing (terraces) | Withdrawn | 12 Sept 2020 | · |
Planning disputes
20 matters naming Woollahra Municipal 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 9, Applicant 1, Mixed 1 (across 11 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 Woollahra Municipal Council dispute in the national list
Sources and provenance
This brief is computed from 6 records held for Woollahra Municipal 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
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