Development applications in Edward River 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
- 114
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 20
- Determined
- 92
- Withdrawn
- 2
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
- 28 days
- half are decided faster than this
- Average
- 35 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 227
- determined applications
Planning disputes
4 on recordPlanning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Edward River Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.
| Matter | Court | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| Briscoe-Hough v Minister for Local Government (No 5) [2025] NSWLEC 94 COSTS — Public interest litigation — Self-represented litigant — Public law construction — Costs follow the event | NSWLEC | 28 Aug 2025 |
| Briscoe-Hough v Minister for Local Government (No 4) [2025] NSWLEC 87 NOTICE OF MOTION — Seeking to set aside orders made in principal | NSWLEC | 15 Aug 2025 |
| Briscoe-Hough v Minister for Local Government (No 3) [2025] NSWLEC 78 JUDICIAL REVIEW — Challenge to Notice of Intention to issue a Performance Improvement Order under s 438 of the Local Government Act 1993 — Seeking an order to declare the Notice and subsequent Order invalid — Requirement to attach evidence to Notice of Intention — Summons dismissed | NSWLEC | 28 July 2025 |
| Briscoe-Hough v Minister for Local Government (No 2) [2025] NSWLEC 66 PROCEDURE – application to set aside | NSWLEC | 26 June 2025 |
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.