Development applications in Canterbury-Bankstown 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
- 841
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 178
- Determined
- 562
- Withdrawn
- 101
See all development applications in Canterbury-Bankstown 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
- 58 days
- half are decided faster than this
- Average
- 73 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 1,736
- determined applications
Planning disputes
20 on recordPlanning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Canterbury-Bankstown Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.
| Matter | Court | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| Canterbury-Bankstown Council v Hamptons Property Services Pty Ltd (No 2) [2025] NSWLEC 86 COSTS – costs follow the event rule – partial success on issues – whether apportionment based on partial success – factors influencing Court’s exercise of discretion – whether unsuccessful issues clearly dominant, separable or discrete from successful issues – whether unsuccessful issues involved considerable hearing time – whether such time can be identified or realistically estimated – whether unsuccessful issues lacked real merit – whether applicant behaved improperly or unreasonably in condu | NSWLEC | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown Council v Hamptons Property Services Pty Ltd [2025] NSWLEC 41 APPEAL – appeal against Commissioner’s decision – residential subdivision – plan of subdivision marks a lot as “public reserve” – development consent not granted to dedication of lot as public reserve – later dedication on registration of plan – no error on question of law in granting consent to subdivision – two minimum lot size development standards – one for community title subdivision – another for dual occupancy subdivision – whether inconsistent – whether principle that specific provision | NSWLEC | 8 May 2025 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown Council v Realize Architecture Pty Ltd [2024] NSWLEC 31 APPEAL – question of law – Commissioner’s decision to modify development consent – precondition to power to modify consent – whether modified development substantially the same development as originally approved development – whether error in chain of reasoning – whether error that no change in critical elements of development – whether error in adopting expert’s approach that no change in consequences of development – no error of law established | NSWLEC | 4 Apr 2024 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown Council v The Owners – Strata Plan No 71808 [2023] NSWLEC 81 SENTENCE – contempt – guilty plea – failure to comply with consent orders – contempt not purged – principles of sentencing – serious contempt in relation to fire safety – whether the contemnor was aware of Court orders – reason for contempt – appointment of strata managing agent pursuant to s 237 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) | NSWLEC | 28 July 2023 |
| Canterbury Bankstown Council v Dib [2022] NSWLEC 79 APPEAL – appeal against commissioner’s decision – development standard – provision precluding development consent for boarding house with more than 12 boarding rooms – whether provision a development standard – jurisdictional precondition – satisfaction that not more than 12 boarding rooms – provision a development standard | NSWLEC | 29 June 2022 |
| Jeffrey v Canterbury Bankstown Council [2021] NSWLEC 73 APPEAL – appeal against Commissioner’s decision on a question of law – development contravened development standard – written request seeking to justify contravention – Commissioner not satisfied with written request or that development in public interest – whether misconstruction of objective of development standard – whether misconstruction of objective of the zone – whether constructive failure to consider written request – whether denial of procedural fairness by failure to warn that written | NSWLEC | 12 July 2021 |
| Payce Communities Pty Ltd v Canterbury-Bankstown Council (No 5) [2021] NSWSC 710 COSTS – where plaintiff sought payment for variations – where defendant had made payment to plaintiff on account of variations following an adjudication under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) – where plaintiff sought damages for variations in amount exceeding amount so paid – where plaintiff established entitlement to variations less than amount so paid – where costs should follow the event – whether plaintiff in substance successful | NSWSC | 17 June 2021 |
| Payce Communities Pty Ltd v Canterbury-Bankstown Council (No 4) [2021] NSWSC 558 JUDGEMENTS AND ORDERS – declarations – where finding made that plaintiff entitled to be paid for variations – where no amount owing to plaintiff because of payment made by defendant following a determination pursuant to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 – whether utility in declaring amount allowed for variations | NSWSC | 18 May 2021 |
| Payce Communities Pty Ltd v Canterbury-Bankstown Council (No 3) [2021] NSWSC 464 JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS – plaintiff to be awarded damages – interest to | NSWSC | 3 May 2021 |
| Payce Communities Pty Ltd v Canterbury-Bankstown Council (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 404 JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS – plaintiff to be awarded damages – disagreement as to the arithmetical consequence of earlier reasons | NSWSC | 20 Apr 2021 |
| Payce Communities Pty Ltd v Canterbury-Bankstown Council [2021] NSWSC 331 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION – contract – damages – variation – where parties agreed that the Fit Out Agreement (FOA) Contract Price was $2.171 million – dispute as to the scope of work to be done for the FOA Contract Price – whether variations claimed by developer were in respect of work to be done for the FOA Contract Price | NSWSC | 6 Apr 2021 |
| Jeffrey v Canterbury-Bankstown Council [2021] NSWLEC 15 REVIEW OF REGISTRAR’S DECISION - unavailability of counsel for the Applicant - matter set down for hearing on a date when the Applicant’s counsel was not available - reason for unavailability of counsel not given to Assistant Registrar - Applicant’s counsel not available as undertaking a two-week hearing in the Federal Court on a pro bono basis - matter of policy appropriate to support barristers undertaking pro bono briefs - no prejudice to Applicant or Respondent if hearing delayed - appropria | NSWLEC | 16 Feb 2021 |
| Tasman Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Canterbury-Bankstown Council [2020] NSWLEC 59 APPEAL – appeal on questions of law from | NSWLEC | 25 May 2020 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown Council v O’Connell [2020] NSWLEC 19 CIVIL ENFORCEMENT - Respondent ordered by Council to cease providing food and shelter to multiple stray cats - order made to remedy environmental impact on neighbours of odour of cat faeces and urine - Respondent fails to obey order - evidence that proceedings drawn to attention of Respondent psychiatric certificate concerning Respondent did not provide a proper basis for adjourning the proceedings - consideration of the proper basis to make court orders requiring compliance - Respondent’s premi | NSWLEC | 12 Feb 2020 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown Council v Payce Communities Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1419 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION – whether pursuit of statutory adjudication process under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) and concurrent Supreme Court proceedings constitutes an abuse of process – whether conduct of concurrent processes caused insurmountable prejudice to plaintiff – whether prejudice caused unintentionally or by design – held no abuse of process CIVIL PROCEDURE – implied undertakings – whether implied undertaking applies to list response and p | NSWSC | 18 Oct 2019 |
| Sydney Tools Pty Ltd v Canterbury-Bankstown Council (No 2) [2019] NSWLEC 6 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: Review of the Registrar’s decision to allow amendment of a development proposal | NSWLEC | 4 Feb 2019 |
| Campsie Holdings Pty Ltd v Canterbury-Bankstown Council [2018] NSWLEC 102 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION - no council issues - objector concerns - minor revisions to plans and conditions in response - no basis to refuse development consent - directions for revised plans and conditions to permit granting of development consent | NSWLEC | 5 June 2018 |
| TK Commercial Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Canterbury-Bankstown Council [2017] NSWLEC 144 APPEAL – application for a retention of an existing residential flat building and construction of nine houses on three lots – application refused by Council EXISTING USE – where residential flat buildings are prohibited under the Canterbury Local Environmental Plan 2012 – whether the residential flat building forming part of the proposal benefits existing use rights – whether the residential flat building benefits from a saved consent DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS – floor space ratio – how the floor spac | NSWLEC | 27 Nov 2017 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown Council v Naji [2016] NSWLEC 101 SENTENCE – Plea of guilty to breach of Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 – failure to comply with Complying Development Certificate in creating unauthorised basement level – offence committed negligently – minimal environmental harm | NSWLEC | 11 Aug 2016 |
| Bartels v Bankstown City Council [1999] NSWCA 129 NEGLIGENCE - Whether there was failure by council properly to maintain playing field and by soccer associations to inspect playing surface prior to match. | NSWCA | 13 May 1999 |
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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.