Northern Beaches Council monitors the progress of Development Applications from lodgement through to determination to evaluate performance and trends.
The reports are produced quarterly and at the end of each financial year and include the following highlights:
- Number of Development Applications lodged and determined
- Value of Development Applications received and approved
- A breakdown of Development Applications received in each development proposal type (e.g. alterations & additions, secondary dwellings, commercial)
- The average processing times for the quarter and the financial year
Further data can be found on our application search including the number applications received this week/month or determined this month.
Quarterly Development Activity Reports
For reference the average processing time for the 2019/20 financial year was 79 days.
* Improvement in processing time = compared to previous quarter
Development activity (da, mod & review) | July - Sept | Oct - Dec |
|---|---|---|
| Number of applications lodged | 617 | 720 |
| Number of applications determined | 495 | 664 |
| Value of applications received | $238,643,478 | $447,018,861 |
| Value of applications approved | $261,002,081 | $388,106,790 |
| Avg processing time | 79.5 days | 76.2 days |
| Improvement processing time* | 7 days | 2 days |
| Summary report | Summary report | Summary report |
Determined by (da, mod & review) | July - Sept | Oct - Dec |
|---|---|---|
| Council staff | 450 | 605 |
| Determination panel | 22 | 20 |
| Local Planning Panel | 20 | 33 |
| Sydney North Planning Panel | 2 | 6 |
| Land & Environment Court | 1 | 0 |
Type (da only) | July - Sept | Oct - Dec |
|---|---|---|
| Residential alterations / additions | 285 | 361 |
| New residential dwellings | 35 | 70 |
| Secondary dwellings | 40 | 33 |
| Multi-unit boarding houses / seniors living | 8 | 5 |
| Residential flat buildings | 0 | 3 |
| Mixed use / shop-top housing | 5 | 7 |
| Commercial / industrial | 18 | 36 |
| Other | 33 | 50 |
