How long does rezoning take in Byron Shire Council?
Every figure below is computed from the official register records for this council. Counts and gazettal years come from full register history; pipeline duration only from what we have directly observed.
- Amendments tracked
- 11
- full register history
- Active last 12 months
- 5
- by latest status date
- Approval rate
- 80%
- of 5 recorded outcomes
- Observed pipeline duration
- —
- insufficient data yet (0 of 5 cases observed)
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
- 602
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 144
- Determined
- 438
- Withdrawn
- 20
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
- 63 days
- half are decided faster than this
- Average
- 76 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 1,267
- determined applications
Recent amendments
Planning disputes
18 on recordPlanning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Byron Shire Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.
| Matter | Court | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson v Byron Shire Council [2021] NSWLEC 127 INJUNCTIONS – interlocutory order permitting attendance at council meetings refused | NSWLEC | 12 Nov 2021 |
| Byron Shire Council v Ardill Payne & Partners [2019] NSWLEC 153 ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING - Land and Environment Court - practice and procedure - extension of time for appeal - UCPR 50.3 - exercise of discretion - leave granted | NSWLEC | 29 Oct 2019 |
| Carroll v Byron Shire Council [2019] NSWLEC 52 APPEAL: Application for leave to appeal out of time – refused because statute-barred – costs. | NSWLEC | 12 Apr 2019 |
| Fletcher v Byron Shire Council [2010] NSWLEC 185 APPEAL :- appeal against sentence - application for leave to appeal against conviction in Local Court made out of time and refused - appellant allowed to file and serve fresh evidence. | NSWLEC | 24 Sept 2010 |
| Byron Ventilink Pty Limited v Byron Shire Council [2005] NSWLEC 395 Appeal :- appeal against interim heritage order - whether building is likely to be found on further inquiry to be of local heritage significance - whether interim heritage order confined to item under threat | NSWLEC | 27 July 2005 |
| Byron Shire Council v Cole [2003] NSWLEC 47 Costs :- in class 4 proceedings which are terminated without any adjudication on the merits. | NSWLEC | 5 Feb 2003 |
| DETALA PTY LIMITED v BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL [2002] NSWCA 404 LOCAL GOVERNMENT - whether development consent lapsed - whether construction works commenced within 5 years - whether breach of condition - whether developer failed to obtain authority for tree clearing- meaning of condition respecting tree clearing discussed - whether developer failed to obtain construction certificate - estoppel | NSWCA | 18 Dec 2002 |
| Vaughan v Byron Shire Council [No. 2] [2002] NSWLEC 158 Appeal :- s 56A - error of law - procedural fairness | NSWLEC | 27 Sept 2002 |
| Byron Shire Council v Archibald [2001] NSWLEC 262 Injunctions and Declarations :- | NSWLEC | 13 Dec 2001 |
| Lonergan v Byron Shire Council [2001] NSWLEC 85 Section 56A Appeal :- error of law | NSWLEC | 31 July 2000 |
| Lonergan v Byron Shire Council [2000] NSWLEC 21 Section 56A Appeal :- error of law - misdirection | NSWLEC | 11 Feb 2000 |
| Byron Shire Council v Vigden C J & Donna's Beach Pty Limited [1999] NSWLEC 285 Costs; Jurisdiction :- prosecutions dismissed - subsequent motion filed seeking a stated case - court functus officio - motion dismissed - application for costs - court lacking jurisdiction to make costs order | NSWLEC | 23 Dec 1999 |
| Byron Shire Council v Vigden C J & Donna's Beach Pty Limited [1999] NSWLEC 198 Practice & Procedure :- Stated case applied for after delivery of | NSWLEC | 8 Sept 1999 |
| Byron Shire Council v Vigden CJ & Donna's Beach Pty Limited [1999] NSWLEC 121 Environmental Offences :- Prosecution - failure of prosecutor to file affidavits in support of summonses - delay resulting in prejudice to defendants - failure of prosecutor to explain delay - permanent stay of proceedings necessary to prevent injustice | NSWLEC | 1 June 1999 |
| Byron Shire Council v Vigden C J & Donna's Beach Pty Limited [1999] NSWLEC 106 Environmental Offences :- Prosecution - ex parte application to judge in chambers for Class Five Order - no affidavit in support of summons - waiver of Rules - Judge granting order - failure to serve any affidavits with summons | NSWLEC | 7 May 1999 |
| FAST BUCK$ v BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL [1999] NSWCA 19 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - error of law - whether irrelevant considerations taken into account; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING - State Environmental Planning Policy No 1 - development standard alleged to be unreasonable or unnecessary - factors relevant to determining an objection | NSWCA | 19 Feb 1999 |
| Byron Shire Council v Sommerville [1999] NSWLEC 97 :- native vegetation, conviction, penalty, plea of guilty | NSWLEC | 8 Feb 1999 |
| CODLEA PTY LTD v. BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL [1998] NSWLEC 50 :- | NSWLEC | 4 Dec 1998 |
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How these numbers are computed
- Volume and gazettals per year count register records directly, full history from the source register.
- Approval rate is recorded outcomes beginning “Approved” over all recorded outcomes. Cases still in flight have no outcome and are excluded.
- Observed pipeline duration is the median days between our first and last stage observation for cases we watched move into approved/gazetted: an observed duration accruing since 12 June 2026, not lodgement-to-gazettal elapsed time, which the registers' list data cannot support. Medians are suppressed below 5 observed cases rather than reported on thin samples.
- 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.