Development applications in Coffs Harbour 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
- 860
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 113
- Determined
- 718
- Withdrawn
- 29
See all development applications in Coffs Harbour City 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
- 33 days
- half are decided faster than this
- Average
- 59 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 1,856
- determined applications
Planning disputes
20 on recordPlanning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Coffs Harbour City Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.
| Matter | Court | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour City Council v Noubia Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCA 19 VALUATION OF LAND – Compulsory acquisition – land transferred to public authority as condition of development consent – Compensation – land valued according to principles of compulsory acquisition – Construction of s 56(1)(a) of Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW) – Determination of market value – decrease in land value attributed to public purpose – Statutory disregard – Identification of public purpose CAUSATION – whether public purpose caused decrease in land’s value – w | NSWCA | 12 Feb 2024 |
| Noubia Pty Limited v Coffs Harbour City Council No 3 [2023] NSWLEC 36 CIVIL ENFORCEMENT – amount of compensation payable for land transferred to local council in 2007 pursuant to condition of development consent – condition requires compensation to be determined in accordance with Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW) – identification of public purpose – decrease in value of land transferred to local council as result of public purpose – hypothetical purchaser likely to consider hypothetical residential subdivision would be approved – appropria | NSWLEC | 31 Mar 2023 |
| Bruckner v Coffs Harbour City Council [2022] NSWSC 1540 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Remedies – Discretionary factors ANIMALS – Companion animals – Dogs – Dangerous dogs CIVIL PROCEDURE – Commencement of proceedings – Summons – Form and content LOCAL GOVERNMENT – Legal proceedings – Judicial review – Judicial review of council decisions – interlocutory injunction sought by plaintiff | NSWSC | 27 Oct 2022 |
| Coffs Harbour City Council v Noubia Pty Limited [2022] NSWCA 32 APPEAL – leave to appeal – discretionary decision on matter of practice and procedure – admission of further evidence on remitter – no issue of principle, public importance or injustice | NSWCA | 2 Mar 2022 |
| Noubia Pty Limited v Coffs Harbour City Council (No 2) [2021] NSWLEC 142 PROCEDURE – further joint report of hydrological engineers should be admitted | NSWLEC | 25 Nov 2021 |
| Coffs Harbour City Council v Noubia Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 142 CIVIL PROCEDURE – hearings – procedural fairness – judge preferring evidence of one expert over another – earlier role of expert addressed during proceedings – basis of preference based on earlier role – no unfairness ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING – consent – conditions – construction – transfer of land to Council – public purpose – importation of valuation principles from the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW) JURISDICTION – Land and Environment Court – valuation of land – no | NSWCA | 15 July 2020 |
| Noubia Pty Ltd v Coffs Harbour City Council [2019] NSWLEC 113 CIVIL ENFORCEMENT: declarations sought as to value of lots of land dedicated to or acquired by Council for public purposes – three lots of land transferred to Council pursuant to condition of development consent for a subdivision – determination of value of two of the lots of land – question of liability to pay compensation for the third – highest and best use – hypothetical development scenario – claims for stamp duty – undertaking of Council to pay compensation – construction of condition of d | NSWLEC | 13 Aug 2019 |
| Coffs Harbour City Council v West [2017] NSWLEC 94 COSTS – civil enforcement proceedings – consent of respondent during hearing to the Court making final orders substantially similar to the orders sought by applicant in summons – whether respondent should pay the applicant’s costs of proceedings – approach to costs when proceedings conclude by consent orders during hearing – relevance of respondent’s hardship to the making of costs order | NSWLEC | 28 July 2017 |
| Adamson v Coffs Harbour City Council [2017] NSWSC 300 DECLARATION – Menacing dog – Where defendant made declaration prior to allowing the plaintiff the full prescribed statutory period in which to make submissions – Declaration declared invalid | NSWSC | 28 Mar 2017 |
| Hoy v Coffs Harbour City Council [2016] NSWCA 257 LAND AND ENVIRONMENT – appeal under Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW), s 57(1) – compulsory acquisition of land under Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW), Pt 2 Div 3 – compensation valuation – whether commissioners failed to consider evidence – whether conclusions supported by evidence – whether primary judge failed to deal with grounds of appeal STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW) – whether legal costs incurred in es | NSWCA | 8 Sept 2016 |
| Coffs Harbour City Council v McLeod [2016] NSWCA 94 APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL - appeal - general principles – leave to appeal –discretion - slip and fall case – challenges to factual findings of primary judge concerning slip hazard – challenge to finding as to precautions which a reasonable person in the applicant’s position would have taken to avoid the risk of harm – challenges to assessment of damages – whether errors of law – where no issue of principle or question of general public importance – whether more shown than that the primary judge was a | NSWCA | 3 May 2016 |
| Hoy v Coffs Harbour City Council (No 2) [2015] NSWLEC 182 PROCEDURE – notice of motion seeking stay of costs determinations in Class 3 proceedings and appeal under s 56A of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 pending resolution of leave to appeal in Court of Appeal dismissed | NSWLEC | 26 Nov 2015 |
| Hoy v Coffs Harbour City Council [2015] NSWLEC 128 APPEAL – appeal under s 56A of Land and Environment Court Act 1979 in relation to valuation of land under the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 – scope of such appeals in compulsory acquisition matters – failure of summons to identify questions of law – s 26 of the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 confers discretion to award disturbance or solatium in owner initiated hardship land acquisition | NSWLEC | 14 Aug 2015 |
| Ainger v Coffs Harbour City Council (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 212 COSTS – costs of appeal – offer of compromise made by plaintiff | NSWCA | 16 Aug 2007 |
| Dunlop v Coffs Harbour City Council [2006] NSWLEC 663 Practice and Procedure :- summary dismissal – want of prosecution - caution in exercising power – development application – appeal – development standards - non-compliance - merit considerations – substantially the same development – | NSWLEC | 28 Apr 2006 |
| Ainger v Coffs Harbour City Council [2005] NSWCA 424 NEGLIGENCE – Council's non-delegable duty to take reasonable care that the exercise of its powers to carry out road works did not create a foreseeable risk of harm to a class of persons which included the plaintiff - reconstruction works commissioned by Council created an uneven section of footpath upon which a pedestrian tripped and fell - whether Council in breach of duty of care – COURTS AND JUDGES – statement of reasons for decisions – obligation to expose reasons for resolving a point criti | NSWCA | 5 Dec 2005 |
| Coffs Harbour City Council v Fokes [2003] NSWCA 368 Personal injury - fall from bicycle - whether judge entitled to accept plaintiff's evidence - whether judge misapprehended plaintiff's evidence and erred in findings as to fall - whether this error vitiated holding as to breach of duty - no question of principle. | NSWCA | 19 Dec 2003 |
| Klewer v Coffs Harbour City Council [2003] NSWCA 349 Whether arguable ground for challenging the decision - factual findings clearly correct - if so, other bases for challenge fell away - no arguable ground. | NSWCA | 21 Nov 2003 |
| Klewer v Coffs Harbour City Council [2003] NSWSC 637 identification and registration of companion animal - responsibilities for control of dogs - procedures for dealing with seized animals | NSWSC | 21 July 2003 |
| Mulligan v Coffs Harbour City Council & Ors [2003] NSWSC 49 Negligence - public authority - shallow diving in creek - breach of duty - obviousness of danger - damages | NSWSC | 14 Mar 2003 |
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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.