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Development applications in Woollahra Municipal 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: 965; last 12 months
Lodged: 0
Under assessment: 232
Determined: 619
Withdrawn: 114

See all development applications in Woollahra Municipal Council

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: 76 days; half are decided faster than this
Average: 85 days; a few slow cases pull this up
Based on: 1,841; determined applications

Planning disputes

20 on record

Planning and environment court and tribunal matters naming Woollahra Municipal Council, newest first. Each links to the full public judgment.

Matter	Court	Decided
MacLeod v Woollahra Municipal Council [2020] NSWLEC 183 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION - application to install moveable glazing enclosure at the uppermost level of a building - application refused by the Council - review of Council's refusal results in further refusal - compliance with requirements of the Woollahra Development Control Plan 2015 - necessity for cl 4.6 request for dispensation from compliance with height of buildings control - consistency with streetscape and desired future character - extent of visibility from various locations in the publi	NSWLEC	24 Dec 2020
Malek v Woollahra Municipal Council [2017] NSWLEC 124 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to adduce expert architectural evidence – whether	NSWLEC	26 Sept 2017
Solotel Pty Ltd -v- Woollahra Municipal Council [2011] NSWLEC 219 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION:- appeal against council refusal of development application to increase patron numbers of a hotel dismissed by Commissioner - appeal to judge on question of law against Commissioner's decision - whether Commissioner failed to consider all aspects of s 79C(1) Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 - whether Commissioner applied the wrong test for determining whether to permit increase in patron numbers - whether Commissioner's conclusion not based on probative evid	NSWLEC	25 Nov 2011
Woollahra Municipal Council v Goldberg [2009] NSWLEC 32 COSTS :- Proceedings settled	NSWLEC	24 Mar 2009
Addenbrooke Pty Lty v Woollahra Municipal Council [2008] NSWLEC 190 Appeal :- Development application - Extensions to marinas at Rose Bay in Sydney Harbour - Visual impact - Planning considerations - Application refused	NSWLEC	13 June 2008
Coshott v Woollahra Municipal Council [2007] NSWSC 1315 Indemnity Costs	NSWSC	22 Nov 2007
Coshott v Woollahra Municipal Council [2007] NSWSC 834	NSWSC	9 Aug 2007
Raymond v Woollahra Municipal Council [2006] NSWLEC 730 Practice and Procedure :- dismissal of Class 1 proceedings commenced out of time where applicant has done nothing to obtain extension of time after being given opportunity to do so.	NSWLEC	6 Oct 2006
Cranbrook School v Woollahra Council [2006] NSWCA 155 ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING - local environment plan - whether proposed development a "community facility" within meaning of Woollahra Local Environmental Plan 1995 - STATUTORY INTERPRETATION - function of definition clauses - WORDS AND PHRASES - community facility".	NSWCA	19 June 2006
Woollahra Municipal Council v Baranov [2006] NSWLEC 97 Practice and Procedure :- Final order - further order to implement or work out final order - when final order may be varied	NSWLEC	2 Mar 2006
Cranbrook School v Woollahra Municipal Council [2005] NSWLEC 716 Question of Law :- Woollahra Local Environmental Plan 1995 - zoning permitting development of community facilities - whether development for a school constitutes a "community facility" under the LEP - whether Cranbrook is a "body of persons associated"	NSWLEC	14 Dec 2005
Woollahra Municipal Council v Ferella [2005] NSWLEC 402 Practice and Procedure :- consent orders - application to vary or amend after final orders made - effect of entering or recording	NSWLEC	30 June 2005
Woollahra Municipal Council v Samadi [2004] NSWLEC 564 Prosecution :- Guilty plea - Carrying out of development without consent - Additions to residential flat building.	NSWLEC	13 Oct 2004
Woollahra Municipal Council v Juric (No. 2) [2004] NSWCA 102 COSTS - offer of compromise - application for indemnity costs in relation to application for leave to appeal. (D)	NSWCA	1 Apr 2004
Woollahra Municipal Council v Juric [2004] NSWCA 101 NEGLIGENCE - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - personal injury - leave to appeal refused - trial judge examined the facts surrounding the opponent's fall and correctly applied the law to conclude that the claimant had owed a duty to the opponent in the circumstances. (D)	NSWCA	22 Mar 2004
Gray v Woollahra Municipal Council [2004] NSWSC 112 Administrative law - collateral challenge in Local Court - validity of council order - Environmental Law - need for development consent	NSWSC	10 Mar 2004
Woollahra Municipal Council v Ferella [2003] NSWLEC 118 Costs :- ex parte application for urgent interlocutory relief - proceedings settled - assessment of circumstances justifying award of costs against respondent	NSWLEC	30 May 2003
Paino v Woollahra Municipal Council [2002] NSWLEC 51 Practice and Procedure :- intervention	NSWLEC	25 Sept 2001
WYKES and ORS v SAMILK PTY LTD and ORS [NO 2] [1998] NSWCA 268	NSWCA	18 Aug 1998
Douglas Gordon v Woollahra Municipal Council [1989] NSWLEC 176 :-	NSWLEC	1 Apr 1989

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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.