Development applications in Parkes Shire 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
- 127
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 25
- Determined
- 101
- Withdrawn
- 1
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
- 35 days
- half are decided faster than this
- Average
- 48 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 263
- determined applications
Planning disputes
14 on recordPlanning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Parkes Shire Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.
| Matter | Court | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| South West Helicopters Pty Ltd v Stephenson (No 2) [2018] NSWCA 99 CIVIL PROCEDURE – variation of orders – costs – application for award of interest on costs – source of power to award interest on costs – whether interest calculation to run from date of payment of costs to own lawyers – relevant considerations – when evidence of payment relevant – whether costs disproportionate to amount in issue – interest on costs of trial first sought after | NSWCA | 11 May 2018 |
| South West Helicopters Pty Ltd v Stephenson [2017] NSWCA 312 AVIATION – carriage by air – carriers’ liability – Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1959 (Cth) – Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1967 (NSW) – liability of carrier for death of passengers in helicopter crash – family of deceased passenger brought claims against carrier for nervous shock – whether liability of carrier for psychological injuries of non-passengers falls within regulatory scheme of statute – whether claims barred by two year statutory limitation provision – whether c | NSWCA | 7 Dec 2017 |
| Ingrid Margaret Stephenson v Parkes Shire Council; Natalee Stephenson v Parkes Shire Council; ; Jay Stephenson v Parkes Shire Council; ; South West Helicopters Pty Limited and anor. v Essential Energy (formerly Country Energy); Parkes Shire Council v South West Helicopters Pty Limited (No 4) [2016] NSWSC 507 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Form of final orders where parties could not agree – Costs – Apportionment of costs – Where damages recovered in part of the proceedings were substantially less than those claimed – Where considerable time and costs were expended in litigating those issues – Whether order for costs should be made against the successful party notwithstanding that damages were recovered | NSWSC | 10 June 2016 |
| Ingrid Margaret Stephenson v Parkes Shire Council; Natalee Stephenson v Parkes Shire Council; Jay Stephenson v Parkes Shire Council; South West Helicopters Pty Limited v Essential Energy (formerly Country Energy); Parkes Shire Council v South West Helicopters Pty Limited (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 719 DAMAGES – claims for nervous shock and associated claim under the Compensation to Relatives Act by members of the family of a deceased killed in a helicopter accident DAMAGES – where damages sought by the owner and bailee of damaged helicopter – whether claim an apportionable claim under the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) DAMAGES – apportionment – where three parties found to have breached their duty of care – where breaches found to be causative of the accident – necessity to compare culpabilit | NSWSC | 19 June 2015 |
| Agricultural Equity Investments Pty Ltd v Westlime Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] NSWLEC 75 JUDICIAL REVIEW: whether development consent spent such that it could not be subsequently modified – whether exercise of discretionary power to modify a development consent gives rise to a jurisdictional fact that development as modified is substantially the same development as the original consent – whether the council erred by comparing the proposed modified development with the development as earlier modified and not the development the subject of the original consent – whether the decision t | NSWLEC | 8 May 2015 |
| Ingrid Margaret Stephenson v Parkes Shire Council; Natalee Stephenson v Parkes Shire Council; Jay Stephenson v Parkes Shire Council; South West Helicopters Pty Limited and anor. v Essential Energy (formerly Country Energy); Parkes Shire Council v South West Helicopters Pty Limited [2014] NSWSC 1758 NEGLIGENCE - helicopter company contracted by local council to conduct an aerial survey - where helicopter struck an overhead power line and crashed into a valley killing all those on board including two council employees - where helicopter flying at an altitude of approximately 120 ft - where swathe cut in vegetation below power lines - where power lines not otherwise marked by energy provider - proceedings brought by members of the family of deceased against the helicopter company and the coun | NSWSC | 19 Dec 2014 |
| Agricultural Equity Investments Pty Ltd v Westlime Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] NSWLEC 53 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: application to set aside notice to produce - whether time given for compliance reasonable - whether a legitimate forensic purpose in seeking documents - time for production unreasonable - notice to produce set aside. | NSWLEC | 6 May 2014 |
| Agricultural Equity Investments Pty Ltd v Westlime Pty Ltd [2013] NSWLEC 122 PROCEDURE: application to set aside subpoenas and notice to produce - applications arose in context of foreshadowed application to amend a summons seeking judicial review of a decision to grant modification approval to a consent in 2009 - amendment opposed on the ground that it was time barred under r 59.10(1) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 - subpoenas and notice to produce issued to obtain documents relevant to delay and to discretion to extend time under r 59.10(2) of the Uniform Ci | NSWLEC | 30 July 2013 |
| Parkes v Byron Shire Council [2004] NSWLEC 722 Costs :- Class 1 proceedings Motion determining preliminary questions Questions raised in the nature of ordinary litigation going to the permissibility of the development No questions of merit Quantification of costs sought | NSWLEC | 22 Nov 2004 |
| Parkes v Byron Shire Council and Anor (No 2) [2004] NSWLEC 550 Costs :- notice of motion - moving party withdrawing motion - costs | NSWLEC | 25 Feb 2004 |
| Parkes v Byron Shire Council & Anor [2003] NSWLEC 237 Question of Law :- statutory interpretation - "tourist facility" - an establishment providing holiday accommodation" - class 1 - application by proponent to re-categorise development proposal Words and Phrases:- "tourist facility" - "an establishment providing holiday accommodation" | NSWLEC | 8 Aug 2003 |
| Parkes v Byron Shire Council [2003] NSWLEC 104 Development Application :- appeal - motion for dismissal - no cause of action - court exercising council's functions and discretions Words and Phrases:- "illegible or unclear" - "in respect of the subject matter of the appeal" | NSWLEC | 5 May 2003 |
| Parkes v Byron Shire Council [2003] NSWLEC 78 Practice and Procedure :- determination of preliminary question of law by consent-whether costs should be ordered. | NSWLEC | 15 Mar 2002 |
| PARTIES MINISTER FOR MINERALS and ENERGY v VAUGHAN-TAYLOR and ANOR [1991] NSWCA 201 | NSWCA | 14 May 1991 |
Discovery signals matched on council name. We link to the public judgment; we do not reproduce its text.
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.