How long does rezoning take in Liverpool City 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
- 6
- full register history
- Active last 12 months
- 2
- by latest status date
- Approval rate
- 100%
- of 3 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
- 596
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 1
- Under assessment
- 214
- Determined
- 347
- Withdrawn
- 34
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
- 84 days
- half are decided faster than this
- Average
- 103 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 1,375
- determined applications
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Gazettal | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Liverpool Local Environmental Plan | Post-exhibition | 12 June 2026 | · | Approved |
| Lot 2 Newbridge Road Moorebank - Council Initiated Planning Proposal | Withdrawn | 18 Jan 2026 | · | · |
| Chester Square: 1 Leicester Street, Chester Hill | Withdrawn | 17 June 2024 | · | Approved |
| Liverpool LEP 2008 Amendment 80 - Holsworthy Town Centre (350 homes/150 jobs) | Withdrawn | 15 Sept 2021 | · | Approved |
| Liverpool Local Environmental Plan 2008 (Amendment 63) - To rezone land at 60-80 Southern Cross Avenue and 45-66 Hall Circuit, Middleton Grange (862 dwellings) | Withdrawn | 24 Dec 2020 | · | · |
| Planning Proposal - (Amendment 66) Rezoning of 146 Newbridge Road, Moorebank (Residential use of Georges Cove Marina) (125 dwellings) | Withdrawn | 28 Nov 2020 | · | · |
Planning disputes
20 on recordPlanning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Liverpool City Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.
| Matter | Court | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| Sharma v Liverpool City Council [2022] NSWLEC 10 CRIME — Appeal and review — Appeal from Local Court to Land and Environment Court — By person against conviction — Fail to comply with development control order — Use and internal fit-out of garage for habitable purposes contrary to approval — Construction of carport without consent — Procedural fairness — Appeal conceded by prosecutor — Appeal upheld — Conviction and orders of Local Court set aside | NSWLEC | 16 Feb 2022 |
| Liverpool City Council v Tirnova [2020] NSWLEC 110 CONTEMPT - orders made in Class 4 proceedings requiring removal of unauthorised development on flood-prone land - orders required removal of masonry front fence (Order (3)) and removal of substantial additions to dwelling house (Order (5)) - three months allowed for compliance with Order (3) and 12 months for compliance with Order (5) - single rolled-up charge laid by Council for non-compliance with Orders (3) and (5) - failure to achieve full compliance with Order (3) within the time allowed by | NSWLEC | 11 Aug 2020 |
| King v Liverpool City Council (No.3) [2018] NSWSC 1047 CIVIL PROCEDURE – representative proceedings – personal injury claim – settlement approval – Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 173 – claim unlikely to succeed – no opposition by group members – satisfied that the settlement is in the plaintiff’s interests – settlement approved | NSWSC | 13 July 2018 |
| King v Liverpool City Council (No.2) [2018] NSWSC 29 CIVIL PROCEDURE – case management – vacation of | NSWSC | 31 Jan 2018 |
| King v Liverpool City Council [2017] NSWSC 1148 CIVIL PROCEDURE – security for costs –inherent jurisdiction of the Court – principle of fairness | NSWSC | 24 Aug 2017 |
| Hussain v Liverpool City Council [2014] NSWLEC 45 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - motion to set aside order granting the applicant leave to appeal out of time - whether Court had power to grant leave - application for leave to appeal lodged more than three months after date of conviction - s 33(2) of the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 - order made irregularly - r 36.15 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 - order set aside APPEAL - severity appeal against sentence in Local Court - application for leave to appeal lodged more than three months | NSWLEC | 22 Apr 2014 |
| Gattuso v Liverpool City Council [2011] NSWLEC 110 COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LAND: developable area of the land - to what extent was the developable area of land constrained by a riparian corridor and asset protection zones - what was the appropriate yield and density of the developable land -adjustments to comparable sales - whether the direct comparison of sales methodology applied on a rate per square metre basis or on a per dwelling/lot basis | NSWLEC | 28 June 2011 |
| Liverpool City Council v Altaf Laskar [2010] NSWCA 52 APPEAL from District Court - Damages appeal - Proper construction of s 15B(2) of Civil Liability Act 2002 - Meaning of phrase "domestic services" - Statutory interpretation - Whether phrase to be given a restricted meaning - Whether leave should be given to raise a point not relied on below - prejudice to other party - Whether factual findings on damages were "glaringly improbable". | NSWCA | 20 Apr 2010 |
| Ali v Liverpool City Council [2009] NSWLEC 107 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- joinder - Double Bay Marina order - whether appropriate for intervenor to be joined to proceedings to raise issues that would not otherwise be raised on consent orders hearing - absence of contradictor | NSWLEC | 26 June 2009 |
| Ferguson v Liverpool City Council [2009] NSWLEC 20 APPEAL :- appeal against conviction - appeal dismissed | NSWLEC | 25 Feb 2009 |
| Chaudry v Liverpool City Council [2008] NSWLEC 251 Compulsory Acquisition of Land :- compensation - market value - whether comparable sales in which purchaser was a public authority can be relied upon - whether highest and best use sales not near acquired land comparable - no disturbance claim allowed for stamp duty | NSWLEC | 2 Sept 2008 |
| Liverpool City Council v Palerma Pty Ltd [2008] NSWLEC 88 Civil Enforcement - Injunctions and Declarations :- unauthorised signage and advertising structures erected on respondent's land. | NSWLEC | 26 Feb 2008 |
| Liverpool City Council v Hodge and Anor. [2005] NSWLEC 170 Environmental Offences :- breach of Tree Preservation Order-Defendant's Motion for summary dismissal on ground that no valid tree preservation order existed at date of commission of alleged offence. | NSWLEC | 29 Mar 2005 |
| Liverpool City Council v Prabha Ranjee Kumaragamage (No.2) [2004] NSWLEC 655 Practice and Procedure :- Slip rule - application of. | NSWLEC | 25 Nov 2004 |
| Liverpool City Council v Prabha Ranjee Kumaragamage [2004] NSWLEC 605 Practice and Procedure :- test for application for summary dismissal. | NSWLEC | 1 Nov 2004 |
| Grimsey, D v Liverpool City Council [2003] NSWLEC 448 Costs :- Dismissal of proceedings for want of prosecution | NSWLEC | 3 Sept 2003 |
| Zouki v Liverpool City Council [2003] NSWLEC 35 Appeal - Development Consent :- appeal of Commissioner's | NSWLEC | 28 Feb 2003 |
| Zouki v Liverpool City Council [2002] NSWLEC 39 Development Consent :- whether consent has lapsed - work undertaken constituting physical commencement | NSWLEC | 27 Mar 2002 |
| Lemworth Pty Limited v Liverpool City Council [2001] NSWLEC 23 Question of Law :- existing use - whether existing use rights apply to a portion of a building or the whole of a building on land | NSWLEC | 2 Mar 2001 |
| Liverpool City Council v Galluzzo & Ors [1989] NSWLEC 172 :- | NSWLEC | 23 Mar 1989 |
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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.