How long does rezoning take in Warren Shire 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
- 1
- full register history
- Active last 12 months
- 1
- by latest status date
- Approval rate
- 100%
- of 1 recorded outcome
- 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
- 15
- last 12 months
- Lodged
- 0
- Under assessment
- 2
- Determined
- 12
- Withdrawn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
- 21 days
- half are decided faster than this
- Average
- 42 days
- a few slow cases pull this up
- Based on
- 41
- determined applications
Recent amendments
| Amendment | Stage | Status date | Gazettal | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Local Environmental Plan Housekeeping Amendment | Assessment | 17 Dec 2025 | · | Approved |
Planning disputes
10 on recordPlanning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Warren Shire Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.
| Matter | Court | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| Muswellbrook Shire Council v Pemberton [2013] NSWLEC 190 CIVIL ENFORCEMENT: disobedience of orders issued by the Council regarding the keeping of poultry and the stockpiling of rubbish - some improvement observed as the | NSWLEC | 7 Nov 2013 |
| Warren Shire Council v Kuehne & Anor [2012] NSWCA 81 TORTS - Appeal - negligence - common law duty of care - s 33 Companion Animals Act 1998 (NSW) - whether local council owed a duty to residents to declare a dog "dangerous" - Stuart v Kirkland-Veenstra - whether a special statutory power - relationship between council and residents created by special statutory power - degree of control exercised by council - vulnerability of those who depend on proper exercise of statutory power. TORTS - Appeal - negligence - breach of duty - whether hunting dogs | NSWCA | 16 Apr 2012 |
| Warren & Anor v Tweed Shire Council & Anor [2002] NSWSC 1105 defamation - damages and aggravated damages - proposed further amended statement of claim - imputations - particulars of extrinsic facts and identification - publication and republication - claim in deceit - whether available in respect of allegedly defamatory publication - pleas under the Trade Practices Act 1974 - exemplary damages | NSWSC | 22 Nov 2002 |
| Warren & Anor v Tweed Shire Council & Anor [2002] NSWSC 211 Defamation - identification - imputations - form and capacity - aggravation of damages - corporate plaintiff | NSWSC | 22 Mar 2002 |
| OXLADE v GOSBRIDGE PTY LTD [1998] NSWCA 167 | NSWCA | 18 Dec 1998 |
| KELLY v NARRANDERA SHIRE COUNCIL and ORS; GIO WORKERS COMPENSATION (NSW) LTD v MERCANTILE MUTUAL INSURANCE (AUSTRALIA) LTD [1998] NSWCA 121 | NSWCA | 16 Dec 1998 |
| THE COUNCIL OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF WOOLLAHRA v SVED and ORS [1996] NSWCA 521 | NSWCA | 26 July 1996 |
| DEMOLON PTY LTD (T/AS P and T CORFE) v PARBURY BUILDING PRODUCTS LTD and ANOR [1996] NSWCA 147 | NSWCA | 28 Mar 1996 |
| OREC and ANOR v NEGDET [1996] NSWCA 412 | NSWCA | 28 Mar 1996 |
| FINANCE CORPORATION OF AUSTRALIA LTD v BENTLEY [1991] NSWCA 94 | NSWCA | 9 May 1991 |
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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.