COUNCILLORS have congratulated Dungog Shire Council’s Planning and Environment team for overseeing an increase in development applications (DA) processed in the first quarter of 2025.
A quarterly report was offered at Council’s 18 June meeting, providing an overview of development activity across the Shire.
A total of 57 development applications were lodged in the quarter (up from 33 in the same quarter last year), with 52 determined.
The total value of approved developments was $8.3 million.
DA processing times had a median of 81 days, with the average at 88.1 days.
“Dungog outperformed other Group 10 (Large Rural) Councils in terms of DA lodgements and assessments, and met the Ministerial expectation for lodgement times,” Council said in a statement.
“However, staff shortages continued to affect assessment capacity and building certification market share.
“The private certification market remains dominant, and Council’s attempts to recruit additional building surveyors have so far been unsuccessful.”
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