Notifications, assessing and determining DAs
2025 Deadlines for Development Applications and related applications
DAs lodged and formally accepted3 between 17 November 2025 and 21 November 2025 will be notified/advertised on Council’s website on 10 December 2025 until 16 January 2026 (extended notification period).
DAs lodged and formally accepted after 21 November 2025 will NOT be notified/advertised until mid-January 2026.
1. The notification periods indicated above are a consequence of Council’s Community Participation Plan and the statutory requirements of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979.
2. Integrated development applications will be subject to an extended notification/advertising period.
3. Development applications lodged via the NSW Planning Portal are not formally accepted by Council until all payments have been received and Council acknowledges lodgement.
4. Development applications requiring further assessment information may not be notified/advertised until the requested information has been provided to Council.
What is the process?
- Once you submit your DA, it goes through an initial review and is assigned to an assessment team.
- If necessary, your application will be sent for expert referrals to applicable bodies internal and external to Council.
- Most applications then have an advertising and notification period where local residents are able to comment or object to your development.
- We then assess your DA - common reasons why you may experience assessment delays.
- You are then notified of the determination (approval or rejection) of your DA.
Track your DA throughout this process.
How long will it take to determine your application?
This varies according to a number of issues including:
- the complexity of the proposed development,
- whether or not it needs to be publicly advertised/notified,
- whether or not it complies with the rules,
- whether or not objections are received, and
- the range and complexity of issues that may need to be considered.