How long does rezoning take in Dubbo Regional 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
- 8
- full register history
- Active last 12 months
- 4
- by latest status date
- Approval rate
- 100%
- of 4 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
- 651
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 94
- Determined
- 550
- Withdrawn
- 7
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
- 36 days
- half are decided faster than this
- Average
- 45 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 1,414
- determined applications
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Gazettal | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narromine Road, Dubbo | Lodged | 1 June 2026 | · | · |
| Dubbo North-West Planning Proposal R23-006 | Assessment | 1 June 2026 | · | Approved |
| Expansion of Employment Land at Wardrop Valley Road (PEL Area 6) | Lodged | 26 May 2026 | · | Approved |
| 34L Pinedale Road, Dubbo - Minimum lot size amendments | Post-exhibition | 12 May 2026 | · | Approved |
| Planning Proposal - Rezoning in northern portion of 13L Narromine Road, Dubbo | Withdrawn | 20 Aug 2024 | · | Approved |
| NOT PROCEEDING Dubbo City Council - rezone R2 Low density residential land to zone R1 General Residential in South Dubbo | Withdrawn | 28 Nov 2020 | · | · |
| Argyle Street Business Lands Request not to Proceed | Withdrawn | 28 Nov 2020 | · | · |
| NOT PROCEEDING - Wellington Local Environmental Plan 2012 - Amendment 3 - Mapping of Existing Holdings - see Alteration of Gateway Determination dated 13 October 2016 | Withdrawn | 28 Nov 2020 | · | · |
Planning disputes
3 on recordPlanning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Dubbo Regional Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.
| Matter | Court | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Express Holdings Limited v Dubbo City Council (No 3) [2014] NSWLEC 87 JUDICIAL REVIEW - challenge to local council decision to charge fee for service of passenger security screening at regional airport - whether power to charge entity not receiving the service - statutory requirements for notification of public of intended fee complied with - no failure to accord procedural fairness to applicant - council decisions not irrational or unreasonable - no failure to consider mandatory relevant matters - irrelevant matters not considered | NSWLEC | 26 June 2014 |
| Regional Express Holdings Limited v Dubbo City Council (No 2) [2013] NSWLEC 113 JUDICIAL REVIEW - motion under r 59.10 of Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 to extend time to commence judicial review proceedings, to provide reasons for challenged decisions under r 59.9, and to amend summons - whether Part 59 of UCPR applied retrospectively to an earlier administrative decision. | NSWLEC | 23 July 2013 |
| Regional Express Holdings Limited v Dubbo City Council [2013] NSWLEC 110 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for adjournment of hearing of applicant's notice of motion because applicant had very recently decided to obtain new legal representation. | NSWLEC | 15 July 2013 |
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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.