Development applications in Dungog 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
- 225
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 41
- Determined
- 180
- Withdrawn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
- 56 days
- half are decided faster than this
- Average
- 72 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 447
- determined applications
Planning disputes
9 on recordPlanning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Dungog Shire Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.
| Matter | Court | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| Dungog Shire Council v Blackman [2024] NSWLEC 112 NOTICE OF MOTION – Whether hearing dates in Class 4 proceedings should be vacated until Class 1 proceedings determined – Notice of motion granted with Class 1 proceedings expedited | NSWLEC | 30 Sept 2024 |
| Dungog Shire Council v Hunter Industrial Rental Equipment Pty Limited [2019] NSWLEC 132 ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING – Land and Environment Court – jurisdiction and powers –Discretionary powers – stay of proceedings – temporary – Notice of Motion to extend stay of orders to enable State Significant Development (SSD) process to be completed – ongoing breach of planning and environment laws – importance of upholding planning and environment laws – impact on the community – impact upon employees and third parties – Notice of Motion dismissed | NSWLEC | 23 Sept 2019 |
| Hunter Industrial Rental Equipment Pty Ltd v Dungog Shire Council [2019] NSWCA 147 ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING — consent —validity — conditions of consent to be approved by Crown instrumentality — compliance with Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW), s 91A — whether consent unconditional ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING — consent —construction — use of development application in construing development consent — use of environmental impact statement in construing development consent — significance of material being included on public register — when document or plan incorp | NSWCA | 20 June 2019 |
| Dungog Shire Council v Hunter Industrial Rental Equipment Pty Ltd (No 3) [2019] NSWLEC 3 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – primary | NSWLEC | 10 Jan 2019 |
| Dungog Shire Council v Hunter Industrial Rental Equipment Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] NSWLEC 153 CIVIL ENFORCEMENT – carrying out development contrary to development consent – construction of development consent – whether development application and environmental impact statement incorporated into the development consent – held that there was uncertainty or ambiguity on the face of the consent and that therefore there was incorporation by necessary implication CIVIL ENFORCEMENT – carrying out development contrary to conditions of consent – whether conditions validly imposed on development o | NSWLEC | 12 Oct 2018 |
| Dungog Shire Council v Hunter Industrial Rental Equipment Pty Ltd [2016] NSWLEC 164 EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY: application by respondents to civil enforcement proceedings to vacate hearing dates, pending assessment and determination of a State Significant Development Application – principles to apply – discretion exercised to refuse application – costs | NSWLEC | 21 Dec 2016 |
| Dungog Shire Council v B and E Clarke [2009] NSWLEC 16 INTERLOCUTORY RELIEF :- Injunction, development without consent, risk of fire | NSWLEC | 13 Feb 2009 |
| Dungog Shire Council v Babbage [2004] NSWCA 160 LIABILITY - Motorist injured when the car she was driving collided with a fallen tree on the road which was said to be in sickly condition and collapsed in a storm - Evidence that tree's stability compromised - contest as to this and as to whether obviously so - Whether vehicle which passed fallen tree and failing to stop was Council driven vehicle - Duty of care owed by the appellant to the respondent - specific or ad hoc breach by reason of failure to remove tree - no system breach in failing | NSWCA | 20 May 2004 |
| Babbage v Dungog Shire Council [2003] NSWSC 536 Negligence - action against Council as highway authority for non-feasance - sick tree not removed from edge of road on which it was liable to fall in storm - Council in control of road including edge where tree was growing - duty of Council to take steps to remove obvious danger - duty to institute system for detection and removal of such dangers - whether in circumstances plaintiff was contributorily negligent in driving into the tree during a storm - measure of damages in case of very serious | NSWSC | 20 June 2003 |
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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.