Development applications in Bellingen Shire Council
We have no rezoning amendments on record for this council yet, but we track its development applications. The figures below are counted directly from the development application register over the last 12 months.
Development applications · last 12 months
Applications lodged in this council in the trailing 12 months, by current status. Counted directly from the development application register.
- Total lodged
- 119
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 31
- Determined
- 84
- Withdrawn
- 4
Decision speed
How quickly this council determines a development application, measured from lodgement to determination across every decided application that carries both dates.
- Median time to decision
- 70 days
- half are decided faster than this
- Average
- 91 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 301
- determined applications
Planning disputes
13 on recordPlanning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Bellingen Shire Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.
| Matter | Court | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| David Supple by his tutor Rachel Supple v Bellingen Shire Council [2016] NSWSC 1882 TORT – negligence - Council – maintenance of roadways – where cyclist suffered severe head and brain injuries after hitting “shove” in road – highway cases notoriously difficult – confidential advice - best interests of plaintiff - settlement approved by Court | NSWSC | 16 Dec 2016 |
| Bellingen Shire Council v Colavon Pty Limited [2012] NSWCA 34 TORTS - negligence - duty of care - roads - failure to install guide posts - public or other authorities - special statutory power under Civil Liability Act 2002, s 43A TORTS - negligence - duty of care - roads - failure to install guide posts - identification of relevant risk - Civil Liability Act 2002, s 5B TORTS - negligence - duty of care - roads - failure to install guide posts - public or other authorities - whether Council exercising special statutory power under Roads Act 1993, s 87 CIVI | NSWCA | 9 Mar 2012 |
| Bellingen Shire Council v Lamir-Pike (No 2) [2010] NSWLEC 197 INJUNCTIONS AND DECLARATIONS :- interlocutory injunction to restrain dance party without development consent. | NSWLEC | 5 Oct 2010 |
| Bellingen Shire Council v Lamir-Pike [2010] NSWLEC 195 INJUNCTIONS AND DECLARATIONS :- councils' application for interlocutory injunction to restrain dance party for which development consent required but not obtained. | NSWLEC | 1 Oct 2010 |
| Colavon Pty Limited trading as Thormans Transport v Bellingen Shire Council [2008] NSWCA 355 NEGLIGENCE – roads – liability of roads authority – failure to carry out road work – immunity under s 45 Civil Liability Act 2002 – material facts which must be pleaded – whether installation of guideposts at side of road constitutes “road work” within meaning of section 45 - PROCEDURE – Courts and judges generally – whether reasons of trial judge inadequate – where resolution of case did not depend entirely on credibility - NEW TRIAL – Particular grounds – where trial judge has not dealt adequa | NSWCA | 19 Dec 2008 |
| Environment Protection Authority v Bellingen Shire Council [2003] NSWLEC 42 Prosecution :- breach of licence condition - penalty | NSWLEC | 17 Dec 2002 |
| Bellingen Shire Council V Darryl Andrew Woollard [1999] NSWLEC 55 :- clearing without consent - guilty plea | NSWLEC | 17 Feb 1999 |
| Bellingen Shire Council V Stuart Kenneth North [1999] NSWLEC 52 :- clearing without consent | NSWLEC | 16 Feb 1999 |
| TIPPER v WILLIAMS (NO 2) [1994] NSWCA 312 | NSWCA | 6 May 1994 |
| PACIFIC FORMWORK PTY LTD v BIGNILL [1992] NSWCA 176 | NSWCA | 5 Aug 1992 |
| Fuller v Bellingen Shire Council & Anor [1988] NSWLEC 126 :- | NSWLEC | 13 July 1988 |
| Fuller v Bellingen Shire Council & Anor [1988] NSWLEC 125 :- | NSWLEC | 16 June 1988 |
| Lopiglow Pty Ltd v Bellingen Shire Council [1988] NSWLEC 112 :- | NSWLEC | 23 Mar 1988 |
Discovery signals matched on council name. We link to the public judgment; we do not reproduce its text.
How these numbers are computed
- Development applications are counted directly from the development application register over the trailing 12 months, grouped by their current canonical status. The full list is on the applications page.