Development applications in Penrith 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
- 759
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 238
- Determined
- 455
- Withdrawn
- 66
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
- 55 days
- half are decided faster than this
- Average
- 86 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 1,313
- determined applications
Planning disputes
20 on recordPlanning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Penrith City Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.
| Matter | Court | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| Deborah Gay Michalek v Penrith City Council (No 2) [2026] NSWLEC 37 COSTS – unsuccessful applicant for interlocutory injunction ordered to pay costs of respondent – no public interest identified – usual rule that costs follow the event applied | NSWLEC | 17 Apr 2026 |
| Geetha Rajagopalan v Penrith City Council [2026] NSWLEC 44 CRIME – appeals – appeal against conviction and sentence – failure to comply with a development control order s 9.37(1) of the Environment Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) – appeal against severity of sentence – s 10(1) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) | NSWLEC | 15 Apr 2026 |
| Karnauchow v Penrith City Council [2026] NSWLEC 17 PROCEDURE: application to strike out expert report on the grounds of criminal perjury – claim for compensation in the sum of $250,000 – expert report not yet in evidence – power to award compensation not engaged because appeal not yet determined – motion dismissed. | NSWLEC | 25 Feb 2026 |
| Rajagopalan v Penrith City Council [2026] NSWLEC 28 APPEAL – Criminal procedure – Notice of motion for suppression and non-publication order – Notice of motion dismissed | NSWLEC | 20 Feb 2026 |
| Musial v Penrith City Council [2022] NSWLEC 134 APPEAL ‑ use of the Defendant’s site as a “waste or resource transfer station” prohibited by the Penrith Local Environmental Plan 2010 ‑ development control order prohibited use of the Defendant’s site as a “waste or resource transfer station” ‑ development control order also required Defendant to remove accumulated waste material stored on the site by 9 May 2021 ‑ on three days in March 2021, Defendant transports additional material onto the site in breach of the first element of development co | NSWLEC | 22 Nov 2022 |
| Toga Penrith Developments Pty Limited v Penrith City Council [2022] NSWLEC 117 APPEAL – appeal against Commissioner’s decision – refusal of development consent – mixed use development in Penrith City Centre – non-satisfaction of jurisdictional preconditions – overshadowing of public open space – construction of clause – whether public open space must be in Penrith City Council – whether development exhibits design excellence – relevant matters to be considered – architectural design competition to be held – whether views of Design Integrity Panel after competition held rel | NSWLEC | 12 Sept 2022 |
| CK Design Pty Ltd v Penrith City Council [2022] NSWLEC 82 SEPARATE QUESTION: whether a question should be determined separately and in advance of the final hearing – applicable legal principles – the resolution of the separate question will substantially narrow the evidential and factual field of controversy – substantial savings in terms of expert evidence and costs if separate question ordered – utility of s 34 conciliation eroded if separate question not ordered – application granted. | NSWLEC | 7 July 2022 |
| Chahoud v Penrith City Council [2020] NSWLEC 167 APPEAL: appeal against sentence – pleas of guilty entered in the court below – construction of large shed without consent – prohibited use of the land as a truck depot – no actual or potential environmental harm other than to integrity of planning regime – mental state of the offender at the time of the commission of the offences – criminal negligence or recklessness – capacity to pay a fine – application of totality principle – appeal allowed – no order as to costs. | NSWLEC | 30 Nov 2020 |
| Penrith Lakes Development Corporation Ltd v Penrith City Council [2015] NSWLEC 9 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION – motion to determine permissibility as a separate question – rule 28.2 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 – contentious questions of fact necessary to determine the proposed question – inappropriate basis for separate and preliminary determination | NSWLEC | 5 Feb 2015 |
| Stanton Dahl Architects v Penrith City Council [2010] NSWLEC 156 COSTS :- class 1 development appeal - whether applicant should pay respondent's costs of a hearing caused by amended plans responsive to commissioners' “amber light”. | NSWLEC | 17 Aug 2010 |
| Calardu Penrith Pty Ltd v Penrith City Council & Anor [2010] NSWCA 189 ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING – development control – consent – whether Council acted ultra vires in purporting to grant development consent – whether development had capital investment value exceeding $10 million – whether tenancy fit-out costs included in determination of capital investment value | NSWCA | 6 Aug 2010 |
| Agostino v Penrith City Council [2010] NSWCA 20 APPEAL – Practice and procedure – New South Wales – Extension of time for appeal – Summons for leave to appeal filed late – Delay in the seeking of alternative advice with respect to the prospects of a successful appeal from the | NSWCA | 3 Mar 2010 |
| Marzouk Sam v Penrith City Council [2007] NSWLEC 415 Development Application :- Whether clause in LEP is development standard or prohibition. Development standard - whether clause referable to essential elements of the development - amounts to prohibition. | NSWLEC | 11 July 2007 |
| Penrith City Council v Parks (No 2) [2004] NSWCA 381 Costs - whether order for solicitor/client costs pursuant to District Court rules inconsistent with provisions in Pt 11 Div 5B of Legal Profession Act 1987 - not inconsistent - whether inconsistent with provisions in Pt 11 Div 6 not argued - Calderbank offer made pending appeal - whether should bring enhanced costs on appeal - no enhancement. D | NSWCA | 1 Nov 2004 |
| Penrith City Council v Parks [2004] NSWCA 201 Negligence - defective paving slab - council cut slab preparatory to repairs - created hazard of cut section tilting underfoot - tilted and pedestrian tripped - whether negligence - whether damages for non-economic loss excessive - reassessment of damages for non-economic loss - whether damages for future economic loss excessive - whether s 13 of Civil Liability Act 2002 complied with - no material error and damages not excessive. D. | NSWCA | 21 June 2004 |
| McCann v Penrith City Council [2004] NSWLEC 232 Appeal :- appeal against clean up notice and failure to provide information - plea of guilty - no genuine recognition of guilt- mixed questions of fact and law - conviction set aside and prosecution remitted to Local Court | NSWLEC | 11 May 2004 |
| Plumb v Penrith City Council and Anor [2003] NSWLEC 161 Costs :- special circumstances - public interest - no award of costs | NSWLEC | 3 July 2003 |
| Agostino & Anor v Penrith City Council [2002] NSWLEC 222 Development Application :- prohibition on expansion of use | NSWLEC | 13 Dec 2002 |
| Solanowski v Penrith City Council [2002] NSWCA 175 LAND AND ENVIRONMENT COURT - local council - unauthorised dumping of waste material without development consent - whether development consent required - ND | NSWCA | 18 June 2002 |
| Penrith City Council v Solanowski & Ors [1999] NSWLEC 144 Development :- unauthorised dumping of fill without consent | NSWLEC | 18 June 1999 |
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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.