How long does rezoning take in Murray River 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
- 5
- full register history
- Active last 12 months
- 1
- by latest status date
- Approval rate
- 33%
- 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
- 406
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 56
- Determined
- 346
- Withdrawn
- 4
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
- 28 days
- half are decided faster than this
- Average
- 44 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 894
- determined applications
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Gazettal | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment to Murray Local Environmental Plan 2011 at “Layfield Downs Estate” Charters Drive, Moama | Post-exhibition | 12 June 2026 | · | Approved |
| Kooyong Park Moama | Withdrawn | 14 Feb 2025 | · | Rejected |
| Planning Proposal to create the principal Murray River LEP 2021 | Withdrawn | 8 Oct 2021 | · | · |
| Planning Proposal to amend Wakool Local Environmental Plan 2013 - to rezone land from RE2 Private Recreation to R1 General Residential at Lots 1-16 DP 286903, 142 Swan Hill Road, Murray Downs | Withdrawn | 12 July 2021 | · | Rejected |
| Murray LEP 2011 (Amendment 3) to amend clause 7.4(2) Development on river front areas to make it a development standard rather than a prohibition, and insert references to the 'Edward River' into relevant clauses and the Dictionary of the Murray LEP 2011. | Withdrawn | 28 Nov 2020 | · | · |
Planning disputes
2 on recordPlanning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Murray River Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.
| Matter | Court | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| LEVER v MURRAY [1993] NSWCA 160 | NSWCA | 25 June 1993 |
| LEVER v MURRAY MURRAY v LEVER [1992] NSWCA 132 | NSWCA | 5 Nov 1992 |
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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.