How long does rezoning take in Central Coast 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
- 35
- full register history
- Active last 12 months
- 6
- by latest status date
- Approval rate
- 83%
- of 6 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
- 2063
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 573
- Determined
- 1385
- Withdrawn
- 105
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
- 68 days
- half are decided faster than this
- Average
- 102 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 4,055
- determined applications
Recent amendments
Planning disputes
Planning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Central Coast Council. Sort any column, filter by keyword, and click a matter to open the full public judgment. Decisions from the last 12 months.
Showing 1–3 of 3
| Catchwords | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Painters Lane Developments Pty Ltd v Central Coast Council (No 2) [2025] NSWLEC 105 | NSWLEC | 16 Sept 2025 | ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — Judicial review — Further amended summons seeking declaration that deferred commencement consent has not lapsed — Interpretation of development consents and conditions — Whether applicant has satisfied deferred commencement condition by provision of a deed — Whether the condition requires Council to reach state of satisfaction — Declaratory relief granted |
| Metro Cinemas Lakehaven Pty Ltd v Central Coast Council [2025] NSWSC 931 | NSWSC | 18 Aug 2025 | REAL PROPERTY – Commercial lease of premises for a cinema complex – landlord obliged to replace seats when they reach “end of their economic life” – competing cinemas upgraded seats to reclining seats – whether fixed-back seats reached end of economic life – question of construction – no point of principle |
| King v Central Coast Council; Maycock v Central Coast Council; Sethan King bht Maycock v Central Coast Council [2025] NSWSC 870 | NSWSC | 4 Aug 2025 | CIVIL PROCEDURE — Approval of settlement of liability pursuant to s 76 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) — Settlement approved |
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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.