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Development applications in Cessnock

Every development application lodged with Cessnock City Council and published to the NSW Planning Portal, from lodgement through to occupation certificate.

Applications lodged
6,742
Total value
$2.3 billion
New dwellings
6,821
Determined
6,084
Last 12 months
576
Median determination
40 days
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How long does a DA take in Cessnock?

Half of determined applications in Cessnock were decided within 40 days of lodgement, with a mean of 61 days across 6,046 determined applications. The mean sits above the median because a small number of long-running applications pull it up.

The NSW median across councils with comparable volume is 46 days, so Cessnock determines applications faster than the state's middle. Determination time varies widely by development type and by how complete the lodgement is.

What is in the record

Devlens links the four NSW registers into one timeline per site: development applications (DA), complying development certificates (CDC), construction certificates (CC) and occupation certificates (OC). That means you can see not just what was approved in Cessnock, but what was actually built and when it was occupied.

Each record carries the address, applicant-declared cost of works, dwelling count, status, lodgement and determination dates, and a map position. The register is refreshed from the NSW Planning Portal every night.

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