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Development applications in Sydney

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

Applications lodged
11,894
Total value
$24.5 billion
New dwellings
29,086
Determined
10,559
Last 12 months
1,884
Median determination
53 days
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How long does a DA take in Sydney?

Half of determined applications in Sydney were decided within 53 days of lodgement, with a mean of 75 days across 10,399 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 Sydney determines applications slower 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 Sydney, 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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