Development applications in Port Stephens 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
- 822
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 132
- Determined
- 658
- Withdrawn
- 32
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
- 47 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 1,782
- determined applications
Planning disputes
20 on recordPlanning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Port Stephens Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.
| Matter | Court | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| Connect Global Limited v Port Stephens Council [2024] NSWLEC 20 CIVIL PROCEDURE – application to adjourn Class 1 appeals pending outcome of Class 4 proceeding refused | NSWLEC | 18 Mar 2024 |
| Environment Protection Authority v Port Stephens Council [2011] NSWLEC 209 PROSECUTION - sentence - offence against s 48(2) of the Protection of Environment Operations Act 1997 - Council carrying on a "waste facility" without a licence contrary to provisions of the Act - no actual environmental harm - contrition demonstrated by defendant - mitigating factors - low end of scale of objective seriousness - penalty imposed - publication order made | NSWLEC | 21 Nov 2011 |
| Hooper v Port Stephens Council [2009] NSWLEC 234 INJUNCTIONS AND DECLARATIONS :- no serious question to be tried - balance of convenience against granting of injunction | NSWLEC | 18 Dec 2009 |
| Tunwish Pty Limited v Port Stephens Council [2009] NSWLEC 52 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION :- hotel - place of public entertainment within hotel - conditions relating to hours of operation, RSA monitor, security personnel and courtesy bus service | NSWLEC | 3 Mar 2009 |
| Port Stephens Council v Jeffrey Sansom [2007] NSWCA 299 ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING - Courts and tribunals with environment jurisdiction - New South Wales - Land and Environment Court and its predecessors - Costs - Land and Environment Court Rules Pt 16, r 4 - Status of case law dealing with former test - ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING - Courts and tribunals with environment jurisdiction - New South Wales - Land and Environment Court and its predecessors - Costs - Land and Environment Court Rules Pt 16, r 4 - Discretionary nature of award of costs - Approach | NSWCA | 25 Oct 2007 |
| Port Stephens Council v SS & LM Johnston Pty Ltd; Port Stephens Council v Port Stephens Veterans and Citizens Aged Care Limited [2007] NSWLEC 30 Prosecution :- clearing - whether development consent required - whether exempt development - onus of proof - evidential burden | NSWLEC | 30 Jan 2007 |
| Sansom v Port Stephens Council (No 2) [2006] NSWLEC 504 Costs :- Whether costs should follow the event in preliminary question of law in Class 1 proceedings | NSWLEC | 18 Aug 2006 |
| Sansom v Port Stephens Council [2006] NSWLEC 475 Question of Law :- Refusal of development application for change of use - meaning of "tourist facility", "commercial premises" and "warehouse" in Port Stephens Local Environmental Plan 2000 - meaning of "accommodation" | NSWLEC | 1 Aug 2006 |
| Port Stephens Council v Theodorakakis (NO 2) [2006] NSWCA 143 COSTS - - LEGAL PROFESSION - Cap on costs recoverable in connection with personal injury damages claims - cap applies in appeal unless Court of Appeal makes excluding order - unsuccessful defendant applied for leave to appeal and failed - cap of $13,587.23 on damages probably already exceeded after 3-day hearing in District Court - held by majority (Bryson JA dissenting) it had not been shown that the application for leave to appeal was not reasonably necessary for advancement of claimant's case | NSWCA | 5 June 2006 |
| PORT STEPHENS COUNCIL v THEODORAKAKIS [2006] NSWCA 70 NEGLIGENCE - highway - trip and fall on footpath - application for leave to appeal from | NSWCA | 6 Apr 2006 |
| Imhoff v Port Stephens Council [2005] NSWLEC 262 Appeal :- rating - appeal against categorisation of land - whether appeal within time - whether applicants requested review of categorisation | NSWLEC | 23 May 2005 |
| Port Stephens Council v Field [2004] NSWCA 226 TORTS - Negligence - Negligent construction - Stormwater pipes - Hole in ground above pipes - EVIDENCE - Balance of probabilities - Onus of proof - Inadequate evidence to make out case | NSWCA | 12 July 2004 |
| Gee v Port Stephens Council [2003] NSWLEC 260 Costs - Designated Development - Practice and Procedure :- Costs in planning and building appeals where preliminary question of law Status of practice direction Practice not to award costs in planning and building appeals in absence of exceptional circumstances Rationale for departure from ordinary costs principles in relation to merit review Where proceedings take on character of conventional litigation ordinary principles to be applied to making of costs order | NSWLEC | 17 Oct 2003 |
| Port Stephens Veterans and Citizens Aged Care Limited v Port Stephens Council [2002] NSWLEC 242 Development Application :- amended plans - whether Court exercises its discretion to consent to amend the development application and grant leave to rely on amended plans | NSWLEC | 18 Dec 2002 |
| Port Stephens Council v Randell [2000] NSWLEC 169 Costs :- Indemnity Costs | NSWLEC | 28 Aug 2000 |
| Fidler v Port Stephens Council [2000] NSWLEC 114 Compensation :- hypothetical residential subdivision created having unique features - absence of directly comparable sales for four lots in hypothetical residential subdivision - comparable sales for one lot in hypothetical residential subdivision- gross value of hypothetical residential subdivision - profit and risk applicable to hypothetical residential subdivision - assessment of development costs for hypothetical residential subdivision- assessment of compensation. | NSWLEC | 15 June 2000 |
| Port Stephens Council v Randell [2000] NSWLEC 108 Development Consent :- construction of dams without development consent - whether ancillary use of land - SEPP 4 having no application - orders requiring removal of dams | NSWLEC | 14 June 2000 |
| Port Stephens Council v Fraser [2000] NSWLEC 106 Contempt :- disobediance of court orders - restraining use of land for go-kart racing - breach resulting from conduct which was otherwise than casual accidental or unintentional - penalty | NSWLEC | 7 Apr 2000 |
| Port Stephens Shire Council -V- Grivas and Ors. [1999] NSWLEC 135 Costs :- Class 4 proceedings—settled by consent orders granting Applicant relief claimed—Whether costs should be awarded to Council on basis of settlement outcome. | NSWLEC | 12 May 1999 |
| ACI OPERATIONS PTY LTD v PORT STEPHENS COUNCIL and OTHERS [1998] NSWCA 5 | NSWCA | 17 Dec 1998 |
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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.