Every stage of every place

Piecing together New South Wales’ fractured planning pipeline, illuminating real outcomes.

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Six stages

Six stages, one history

A rezoning is not a building. An approval is not a home.
Only the sequence shows where it stops.

1Zoning

Every site

What the land allows now.

2Planning proposals

5,125

Proposals to change it. 4,006 became law.

3Applications

695,507

What people asked to build.

4Decisions

158,801

Homes determined since 1 July 2024. Median time to decide in the last 12 months, 56 days.

5Construction

57%

Of homes determined since July 2021 and at least two years ago, the share that reach construction.

6Completion

Certificates

The certificate that says a building can be occupied.

Every place

One address, or the whole state

The same figures at every level, so a site can be read against its suburb, its council and the state around it.

The map

All 128 councils, on the measure you choose

The housing pipeline

The homes in every council’s pipeline

Inside Lodgd, every council’s pipeline is laid out the same way: the homes still waiting on a decision, the homes determined, what was withdrawn or stopped, and what kind of housing they are. This is City of Parramatta’s.

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City of Parramatta Councilsince 1 July 2024

4,843homes determined
1,269homes still waiting on a decision

Applications lodged since 1 July 2024, by where they stand

238 still to be decided · 7% · 1,269 homes35 CDCs open over a year · 1% · 3 homes3,102 determined · 89% · 2,736 homes115 withdrawn or stopped · 3% · 48 homes

What kind of housing

Apartments and shop-top2,670
Dual occupancy743
Dwelling house604
Multi-dwelling and terraces494

Greenfield vs established

By 2023-24, established Sydney was finishing 57% fewer homes than at its peak

Homes finished in Greater Sydney’s established suburbs fell from 34,757 in 2017-18 to 14,846 in 2023-24. On greenfield land the count stayed between 6,368 and 11,458 a year.

Greenfield land’s share rose because the rest of the city built less, not because the fringe boomed.

Established suburbsGreenfield land
010,00020,00030,00040,000 1998-992017-182023-24 34,757 14,846 6,368
Homes finished each financial year in Greater Sydney, as counted by the state’s Urban Development Program, which ends at 2023-24. Greenfield land is what the state marks as a growth area.
The figures
YearGreenfield landEstablished
1998-999727,392
1999-0010830,501
2000-0117928,872
2001-0213327,590
2002-038222,391
2003-044822,536
2004-053219,510
2005-063817,575
2006-078414,631
2007-0815213,710
2008-0921212,829
2009-1048212,810
2010-1163714,085
2011-1284014,264
2012-131,68818,653
2013-142,02120,720
2014-153,58223,723
2015-164,58625,604
2016-176,12028,273
2017-187,42634,757
2018-199,61732,797
2019-206,44926,015
2020-2111,45818,327
2021-2210,47114,170
2022-239,08111,930
2023-246,36814,846

Guides

How the planning system works

TimingHow long does a development application take in New South Wales? New South Wales56 days Slowest council116 days Median time to decide a development application, last 12 monthsRead the guide → Planning proposalsEvery stage of a planning proposal, from pre-exhibition to madeWho is involved at each milestone, and where proposals wait longest.Read the guide → RezoningRezoning explainedHow a zone changes, who can ask for it, and what decides whether it succeeds.Read the guide → GatewayGateway determination, and why it mattersRead the guide → PathwaysComplying development or a development application?Read the guide → TOD precinctsThe Transport Oriented Development controls, explainedRead the guide → The DA processA development application, from lodgement to determinationRead the guide → Due diligenceHow to read a planning proposalThe documents in the package, and the signals worth looking for first.Read the guide →

See what is coming, anywhere in New South Wales

Piecing together New South Wales’ fractured planning pipeline, illuminating real outcomes. The demo opens every page of Lodgd, with a few real records on each.

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