Developer briefs

NSW council planning evidence

Inner West Council DA tracker & development applications

12,806 development applications since 2019, proposing 11,026 new homes. A decision takes 80 days at the median.

12,806Applications
11,026Homes proposed
80 daysMedian decision time
$275kMedian cost of works
15.3%Refused, of 10,380 decided

Two registers, side by side

What is proposed here versus what is approved. These are separate government registers that nobody publishes together: the NSW Planning Portal records what people apply to build, the ABS records what is actually approved. Over the last 12 months the ABS recorded 724 dwellings approved in Inner West Council worth $929M. The application pipeline is running at about 2.31× that rate. Substantially more is being proposed than approved.

Applications lodged by year

Applications lodged by year09772.0k2019: applications 792020: applications 1,4052021: applications 1,9542022: applications 1,6652023: applications 1,5212024: applications 1,4432025: applications 1,5092026: applications 92120192021202320252026
applications · 2019 to 2026. Select a year to see the applications lodged in that period. Lodgements are applications, not approvals or completed homes. The most recent year may be incomplete; coverage follows this council’s NSW feed.
Applications lodged by year — underlying values
Period or categoryapplications
2019applications 79
2020applications 1,405
2021applications 1,954
2022applications 1,665
2023applications 1,521
2024applications 1,443
2025applications 1,509
2026applications 921 (partial period)

Source: NSW Planning Portal Online DA · Source snapshot: 2026-08-22.

Types of work proposed

Type of workApplications
Alterations and additions to residential development3,899
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure3,467
Dwelling house2,789
Demolition1,973
Dwelling1,071
Erection of a new structure791
Residential Accommodation788
Other607

Heritage

2,088 heritage-listed items, 52 on the State Heritage Register — see them all. A listing restricts what can be altered or demolished.

Latest development applications

AddressWhatLodgedStatus
261 Trafalgar Street Annandale 2038Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure18 Aug 2026Under Assessment
58 Gipps Street Birchgrove 2041Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure18 Aug 2026Under Assessment
61 Holden Street Ashfield 2131Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure18 Aug 2026Additional Information Requested
5 Murdoch Street Rozelle 2039Demolition18 Aug 2026Under Assessment
28a Rowntree Street Balmain 2041Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure18 Aug 2026Additional Information Requested
1a Thomas Street Birchgrove Nsw 2041Demolition; Residential flat building; Residential Accommodation17 Aug 2026Additional Information Requested
80 Lamb Street Lilyfield 2040Demolition16 Aug 2026Under Assessment
33 Montague Street Balmain 2041Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure14 Aug 2026Additional Information Requested
74 Applebee Street St Peters 2044Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Creative industry14 Aug 2026Determined
20 Hubert Street Leichhardt 2040Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Carport; Residential Accommodation14 Aug 2026Under Assessment
92 Trafalgar Street Annandale 2038Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Minor building alterations (external)14 Aug 2026Additional Information Requested
80 Prospect Road Summer Hill 2130Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure14 Aug 2026Under Assessment
228 Albany Road Petersham 2049Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure14 Aug 2026Under Assessment
117 Evans Street Rozelle 2039Subdivision; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Dual occupancy (attached)13 Aug 2026Under Assessment
61 London Street Enmore 2042Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Roller shutter doors adjoining lanes; Residential Accommodation13 Aug 2026Under Assessment
20 Smidmore Street Marrickville 2204Advertising and signage; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Recreation facility (indoor)13 Aug 2026Under Assessment
1 Bedford Street Newtown 2042Temporary building, structure or use; Market13 Aug 2026Under Assessment
164 Australia Street Newtown 2042Dwelling house; Subdivision; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Erection of a new structure12 Aug 2026Determined
6 Laura Street Newtown 2042Demolition11 Aug 2026Additional Information Requested
166 Johnston Street Annandale 2038Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure11 Aug 2026Additional Information Requested

All 12,806 applications →

Follow this council

New applications as they are lodged, without visiting: RSS · JSON Feed. Both update when the nightly refresh runs.

What this council page tells you

Use the evidence in context. Applications show what has been proposed, not what has been approved or built. The figures above bring the NSW Planning Portal application feed together with the ABS approvals register and heritage data where a reliable council match exists.

Evidence boundary

Evidence found12,806 applications since 2019; 11,026 proposed homes; 724 dwellings approved in the current ABS comparison period.
Source coverageNSW Planning Portal Online DA, with ABS Building Approvals and NSW heritage registers where matched. Application data checked through 22 Aug 2026.
What this meansThis is the complete evidence currently loaded for this named council from the stated source universe.
What this does not meanZero or missing values do not prove no activity outside those sources. An application is not an approval or a completed project, and the NSW feed does not publish applicant, owner, architect or developer identity.

Applications: NSW Planning Portal Online DA API (CC-BY). Approvals: ABS Building Approvals by LGA (CC-BY 4.0). Decision time is measured from lodgement to determination on the 9,021 applications carrying both dates. Cost of works is the applicant's own estimate.