NSW register name: Lane Cove Municipal Council Briefing (PDF) View on the map

Development applications in Lane Cove Municipal 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
211
last 12 months
Lodged
0
Under assessment
37
Determined
168
Withdrawn
6

See all development applications in Lane Cove Municipal 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
29 days
half are decided faster than this
Average
37 days
a few slow cases pull this up
Based on
466
determined applications

Planning disputes

6 on record

Planning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Lane Cove Municipal Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.

MatterCourtDecided
Brasson Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Cove Municipal Council [2022] NSWLEC 51 CIVIL PROCEDURE – Separate determination of question – Questions of law – Where appropriate – Application for separate determination of question of construction of environmental planning instrument – Application dismissedNSWLEC11 Apr 2022
McLeod v Lane Cove Municipal Council [2020] NSWSC 1582 APPEALS – appeal from the Local Court to the Supreme Court – whether a payable debt existed at the time of the commencement of the proceedings – whether s 553 of the Corporations Act 2001 (NSW) operated to convert the debt owed into a right of proof – where the debt is due two years after the issue of a certificate of completion for upgrade works – where the two-year period had not yet elapsedNSWSC13 Nov 2020
Hunter’s Hill Council v Minister for Local Government; Lane Cove Council v Minister for Local Government; Mosman Municipal Counil v Minister for Local Government; North Sydney Council v Minister for Local Government; Strathfield Municipal Council v Minister for Local Government [2017] NSWCA 188 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – examination of proposal to amalgamate local government areas – mandatory considerations defined by statute – procedural fairness – non-disclosure of documents – whether undisclosed underlying report part of adverse material – whether undisclosed report significant – public interest immunity claimed – confidentiality claimed ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – examination of proposal to amalgamate local government areas – mandatory considerations defined by statute – constructive failure toNSWCA31 July 2017
Hunter’s Hill Council v Minister for Local Government;; Lane Cove Council v Minister for Local Government;; Mosman Municipal Council v Minister for Local Government;; North Sydney Council v Minister for Local Government;; Strathfield Municipal Council v Minister for Local Government [2016] NSWLEC 124 JUDICIAL REVIEW – proposal for amalgamation of local government areas – Minister’s referral of proposal to Departmental Chief Executive for examination and report– inquiry required to be held – Chief Executive appoints Delegate to conduct inquiry – whether reasonable public notice given of the holding of inquiry – whether identification of locations of public inquiry sessions adequate – whether inquiry sessions needed to be held in each area proposed to be amalgamated – whether inquiry held in aNSWLEC20 Sept 2016
ASHFIELD MUNICIPAL COUNCIL v VODAFONE PTY LTD; MANLY COUNCIL v TELSTRA CORPORATION LTD [1998] NSWCA 18 NSWCA16 Dec 1998
MINISTER ADMINISTERING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT ACT 1979 v LLOYD and ANOR [1993] NSWCA 182 NSWCA6 Aug 1993

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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.

Computed from 211 records from nsw-caselaw / nsw-online-da / NSW Planning Portal (PPR) / VIC Amendments Online, fetched 13 June 2026; data © state planning departments, licensed CC BY 4.0.

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