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Development applications in Blue Mountains City 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: 741; last 12 months
Lodged: 0
Under assessment: 199
Determined: 485
Withdrawn: 57

See all development applications in Blue Mountains City Council

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: 50 days; half are decided faster than this
Average: 65 days; a few slow cases pull this up
Based on: 1,344; determined applications

Recent amendments

Amendment	Stage	Status date	Gazettal	Outcome
Planning Proposal at 48 Terry Road, Box Hill	Post-exhibition	25 July 2025	·	Approved

Planning disputes

20 on record

Planning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Blue Mountains City Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.

Matter	Court	Decided
Papadopoulos v Blue Mountains City Council [2015] NSWLEC 164 APPEAL – s 56A of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 – appeal against Council order to remove shipping containers from property – appeal to Court pursuant to s 121ZK of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 – s 121ZK appeal dismissed – no legal error in Commissioner not discontinuing matter – no right to trial by jury – order by Council does not seek to appropriate property – appeal dismissed – order for costs	NSWLEC	22 Oct 2015
Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council (No 10) [2011] NSWLEC 161 PROCEDURE - whether stay of proceedings should be granted until hearing of three appeals in Court of Appeal in relation to two interlocutory orders and a contempt finding	NSWLEC	9 Sept 2011
Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council (No.9) [2011] NSWLEC 123 INTERLOCUTORY RELIEF: declarations, orders for discovery, vacation of hearing dates, power or lack of power to make some orders sought, expeditious resolution of proceedings, model litigant principles, obedience to directions.	NSWLEC	14 July 2011
Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 113 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: Review of Registrar's decision - principles to apply	NSWLEC	30 June 2011
Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 54 CONTEMPT:- application to set aside orders in contempt proceedings and for production of documents; PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: - production of documents	NSWLEC	8 Apr 2011
Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 28 PROCEDURE:- contempt - what constitutes - failure to produce a single document under notice to produce - distinction between notice to produce under UCPR 21.10 and UCPR 34.1 - whether failure to produce documents contempt - whether failure to produce has same effect as failure to comply with subpoena UCPR 33.12 - no equivalent provision for notice to produce - failure to prove beyond reasonable doubt that failure to produce was not casual, accidental or unintentional - contempt not proved	NSWLEC	4 Mar 2011
Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2010] NSWLEC 229 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- self-represented applicant – applicant’s motion for contempt fixed for hearing – afternoon prior to hearing applicant informed Registrar that he would not attend due to “medical condition” – medical certificate states applicant is “unfit for work” – insufficient details of medical condition provided – notice of motion stood over– further details of medical condition required if applicant claims to be unable to attend future hearing	NSWLEC	5 Nov 2010
Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2010] NSWLEC 261 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- application to vacate hearing dates - affidavit served in compliance with directions - omission of date and place of swearing insufficient basis to ground application - application refused	NSWLEC	1 Nov 2010
Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council (No.3) [2010] NSWLEC 187 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- Notice to Produce - claim by Council that a certain document be kept confidential	NSWLEC	27 Sept 2010
Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2010] NSWLEC 123 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- notice of motion seeking production by council of documents alleged to have been removed from files and the names of council officers handling files - refusal to assist the council in the identification of the alleged missing documents - no impediment to issuing a subpoena or notice to produce to obtain the documents - motion dismissed	NSWLEC	9 July 2010
Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2010] NSWLEC 139 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- application for ex parte search order refused.	NSWLEC	30 June 2010
Sevenex Pty Limited v Blue Mountains City Council (No.2) [2010] NSWLEC 101 APPEAL :- Commissioner refused consent on the basis of permissibility, existing use rights, change of use, principles of construction of consents, categorisation of uses, error of law	NSWLEC	18 June 2010
Blue Mountains City Council v Ralph Douglas Williams [2009] NSWLEC 223 APPEAL :- s 56A appeal - appeal against	NSWLEC	9 Dec 2009
Blue Mountains City Council v Tzannes [2009] NSWLEC 19 PROSECUTION :- penalty - plea of guilty - strict liability offence of landowner causing trees and vegetation to be cleared without first obtaining development consent - whether offender was told by council officers that she did not require development consent - extent of offender's instructions to contractor who cleared trees and vegetation - objective and subjective sentencing considerations - dismissal of charge without proceeding to conviction - section 10(3) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedu	NSWLEC	6 Mar 2009
Blue Mountains City Council v Carlon [2008] NSWLEC 296 Prosecution :- appropriate penalty - offender pleaded guilty to offence of clearing trees and vegetation from land without first obtaining development consent - offender engaged by landowner to clean up land using a bulldozer, which necessitated clearing trees and vegetation - offender believed from conversation with landowner that council had approved what landowner instructed him to do - objective and subjective sentencing considerations - limited means of offender - whether an order should be	NSWLEC	31 Oct 2008
Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2008] NSWLEC 290 Practice and Procedure :- Notice of Motion to seize Council files	NSWLEC	10 Oct 2008
Blue Mountains City Council v Kramer [2007] NSWLEC 781 Costs :- civil enforcement proceedings - respondent submitted to consent orders in terms of applicant Council's application - whether any disentitling conduct by Council - whether proceedings premature - order for costs made	NSWLEC	19 Nov 2007
Blue Mountians City Council v Koprivnjak [2003] NSWLEC 158 Practice and Procedure :- criminal proceedings - inherent jurisdiction - abuse of process - successive prosecutions - different offences but same evidence - general rule that prosecutor should join offences arising from same facts in one indictment	NSWLEC	18 July 2003
Koprivnjak, J v Blue Mountains Council [2003] NSWLEC 450 Costs :- Costs in class 1 matter due to discontinuance of proceedings	NSWLEC	4 Feb 2003
Thomas v Blue Mountains City Council [2003] NSWLEC 110 Practice and Procedure :- application for vacation of hearing dates - applicant suffering from dementia - incompetence - interim order that applicant's son appointed financial manager of estate - pending proceedings determinative	NSWLEC	4 Nov 2002

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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.