Development applications in Hawkesbury 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
- 436
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 96
- Determined
- 324
- Withdrawn
- 16
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
- 59 days
- half are decided faster than this
- Average
- 84 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 959
- determined applications
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Gazettal | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEP001/25 - Hawkesbury Slab Barns and Outbuildings LEP Amendment | Assessment | 31 Mar 2026 | · | Approved |
Planning disputes
20 on recordPlanning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Hawkesbury City Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.
| Matter | Court | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| Hawkesbury City Council v Saed [2022] NSWLEC 34 ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCE – removal of trees –charge of development without consent – guilty plea – sentencing principles – substantial actual and likely environmental harm caused by the commission of the offence – state of the mind of the defendant at the time of the commission of the offence – whether defendant was criminally negligent – objective seriousness of the commission of the offence moderate to low – no prior convictions – genuine remorse and contrition demonstrated – specific and general | NSWLEC | 1 Apr 2022 |
| Hawkesbury Sports Council v Martin [2019] NSWCA 76 TORTS – negligence – breach of duty – where risk of harm obvious – where not established that risk not insignificant – whether content of duty required precaution of removing steel cable EVIDENCE – opinion evidence – expert opinion – where expert “civil engineer” and “building consultant” – where opinion as to human visual perception – whether expert has “specialised knowledge” – whether opinion wholly or substantially based on such specialised knowledge EVIDENCE – photographic evidence – where | NSWCA | 16 Apr 2019 |
| Byrnes v Hawkesbury City Council [2015] NSWCA 173 TORTS – negligence – findings of fact – whether the primary judge erred in concluding that the Council did not perform work at the location of the appellant’s fall and was therefore not responsible for the appellant’s injury – whether the primary judge erred in, alternatively, accepting and declining to accept certain evidence and in not giving sufficient weight to other evidence | NSWCA | 25 June 2015 |
| Ford v Hawkesbury City Council [2015] NSWLEC 19 APPEAL – against conviction and severity of sentence – contractor convicted of unlawfully clearing about 12 trees on a rural property – whether defence of honest and reasonable mistake of fact made out – whether fine of $8,000 too severe | NSWLEC | 16 Feb 2015 |
| Jarvie v Hawkesbury City Council [2013] NSWSC 1636 APPEAL FROM LOCAL COURT - notice of discontinuance filed without consent of other party or with leave of the court - other party's consent to discontinuance provided to the court - order as to costs. | NSWSC | 7 Nov 2013 |
| Jarvie v Hawkesbury City Council [2013] NSWSC 1341 PROCEDURE - appeal from magistrate - application to strike out appeal for want of prosecution - appeal on grounds of law - delay in obtaining transcript - delay not adequately explained - appeal to proceed on basis of evidence filed to date | NSWSC | 17 Sept 2013 |
| Jarvie v Hawkesbury City Council [2009] NSWLEC 220 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- stay of former bankrupt's application to reinstate his proceedings until he has paid other party's costs of other proceedings. | NSWLEC | 9 Dec 2009 |
| Thomson v Hawkesbury City Council [2009] NSWLEC 151 APPEAL :- appeal against severity of sentences and costs order - appeal by way of rehearing - fresh evidence on appeal - nature and purpose of award of costs in Local Court - appeal dismissed | NSWLEC | 9 Sept 2009 |
| Angel v Hawkesbury City Council [2008] NSWCA 130 NEGLIGENCE – Civil Liability Act 2002 – Duty of care – Pedestrian – Footpath under management of Council defective – Actual knowledge of risk of harm – Whether defect constituted an ‘obvious risk’ to reasonable person in position of appellant – Defect obscured by shadows – Relation between obviousness of risk and breach of duty – Whether appellant took reasonable care for own safety - EVIDENCE – Interpretation of photographs – Lay opinion - DAMAGES – Future gratuitous attendant care services – W | NSWCA | 25 June 2008 |
| Bruyan, S v Hawkesbury City Council [2006] NSWLEC 51 Costs :- class 1 - exercise of discretion in favour of consent authority where applicant fails to submit supporting material within a reasonable time. | NSWLEC | 15 Feb 2006 |
| Hawkesbury City Council v Jarvie [2005] NSWLEC 775 Interlocutory Relief :- continuation of injunction - drilling of a test bore - no evidence of irreparable harm - undertaking to carry out the drilling in accordance with the licence conditions - injunction discharged | NSWLEC | 5 July 2005 |
| HAWKESBURY CITY COUNCIL & ANOR v SAMMUT [2002] NSWCA 18 Environmental law - development consent - permission granted for "rural industry" - ultra vires consent - Council had no power to consent to a development which was an "industry" - State Environment Planing Policy Amendment clarifying definition of "industry" to exclude "rural industry" was not effective to breathe retrospective life into a void consent - declaratory enactment - use authorised by the Consent prohibited - Council not estopped from challenging validity of its Consent. (D) | NSWCA | 19 Feb 2002 |
| Peare v Hawkesbury City Council [2001] NSWLEC 180 Development Application :- development application for the use of land as proposed tyre landfill | NSWLEC | 4 Sept 2001 |
| Hawkesbury City Council v Ryan [2001] NSWCA 212 Negligence - liability of local Council - plaintiff tripped on uneven kerb - whether an issue of nonfeasance ariseswhether Council not liable by reason of a delegation of duty to an independent contractor - appropriate award of damages | NSWCA | 5 July 2001 |
| Bird v Hawkesbury City Council [2001] NSWLEC 1 Practice & Procedure :- dismissal of proceedings - identical development applications - abuse of process | NSWLEC | 6 Dec 2000 |
| Hawkesbury City Council v Sammut [2000] NSWLEC 270 Development :- planning instruments - interpretation - whether amendment to SEEP is to be applied with retrospective effect - intention of Minister determined from text - amendment to be applied retrospectively | NSWLEC | 25 Sept 2000 |
| Hawkesbury City Council v Sammut [2000] NSWLEC 255 Injunctions and Declarations :- occupation of shed restrained pending further investigation of council’s power to grant development consent. | NSWLEC | 31 Aug 2000 |
| Bird v Hawkesbury City Council [2000] NSWLEC 4 Construction & Interpretation :- whether a brothel is commercial premises as an office | NSWLEC | 24 Jan 2000 |
| ALAN FRANCIS CROGHAN v. HAWKESBURY CITY COUNCIL (5 June 1998) [1998] NSWLEC 3 :- | NSWLEC | 5 June 1998 |
| HAWKESBURY CITY COUNCIL v FOSTER and ANOR [1997] NSWCA 141 | NSWCA | 18 Dec 1997 |
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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.