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Development applications in Federation

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

Applications lodged
510
Total value
$164 million
New dwellings
298
Determined
423
Last 12 months
156
Median determination
42 days
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How long does a DA take in Federation?

Half of determined applications in Federation were decided within 42 days of lodgement, with a mean of 65 days across 423 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 Federation 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 Federation, 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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