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Development applications in Lake Macquarie

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

Applications lodged
13,715
Total value
$5.3 billion
New dwellings
15,168
Determined
12,452
Last 12 months
2,022
Median determination
46 days
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How long does a DA take in Lake Macquarie?

Half of determined applications in Lake Macquarie were decided within 46 days of lodgement, with a mean of 78 days across 12,362 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 Lake Macquarie 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 Lake Macquarie, 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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