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NSW council planning evidence

Penrith City Council DA tracker & development applications

6,380 development applications since 2019, proposing 14,512 new homes. A decision takes 55 days at the median.

6,380Applications
14,512Homes proposed
55 daysMedian decision time
$250kMedian cost of works
2.7%Refused, of 4,863 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 939 dwellings approved in Penrith City Council worth $411M. The application pipeline is running at about 2.34× that rate. Substantially more is being proposed than approved.

Applications lodged by year

Applications lodged by year05301.1k2019: applications 1602020: applications 8332021: applications 1,0592022: applications 9742023: applications 7612024: applications 7202025: applications 7012026: applications 48320192021202320252026
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 160
2020applications 833
2021applications 1,059
2022applications 974
2023applications 761
2024applications 720
2025applications 701
2026applications 483 (partial period)

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

Types of work proposed

Type of workApplications
Erection of a new structure1,249
Dwelling877
Dwelling house817
Demolition627
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure612
Alterations and additions to residential development529
Shed376
Pools / decks / fencing340

Heritage

284 heritage-listed items, 31 on the State Heritage Register — see them all. A listing restricts what can be altered or demolished.

Latest development applications

AddressWhatLodgedStatus
25 Moira Crescent St Marys 2760Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure20 Aug 2026Under Assessment
5 Breyley Road Cambridge Park 2747Secondary dwelling; Demolition; Erection of a new structure20 Aug 2026Under Assessment
122-130 Park River Close Mulgoa 2745Shed; Erection of a new structure; Awnings, blinds and canopies; Supporting Development20 Aug 2026Under Assessment
220 Shepherd Street St Marys 2760Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure; Residential Accommodation20 Aug 2026Under Assessment
6 Denton Place Wallacia 2745Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure; Residential Accommodation20 Aug 2026Additional Information Requested
34 Pembroke Street Cambridge Park 2747Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Driveways and hard stand spaces20 Aug 2026Under Assessment
38 Robert Street Penrith 2750Demolition; Erection of a new structure; Group home; Hours of operation and trading19 Aug 2026Under Assessment
14 York Street Emu Plains 2750Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Erection of a new structure; Residential Accommodation18 Aug 2026Additional Information Requested
45 Fourth Avenue Llandilo 2747Erection of a new structure; Rural supplies18 Aug 2026Under Assessment
40-46 Henry Cox Drive Mulgoa 2745Erection of a new structure; Driveways and hard stand spaces18 Aug 2026Under Assessment
73 Grays Lane Cranebrook 2749Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure18 Aug 2026Additional Information Requested
97 Borrowdale Way Cranebrook 2749Dual occupancy; Erection of a new structure; Dual occupancy (detached)17 Aug 2026Additional Information Requested
2 Ridgeway Drive Orchard Hills 2748Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure14 Aug 2026Under Assessment
31 Lindfield Street Orchard Hills 2748Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure13 Aug 2026Under Assessment
2 Lindfield Street Orchard Hills 2748Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure13 Aug 2026Under Assessment
18 Orchard Hills Drive Orchard Hills 2748Erection of a new structure; Exhibition home12 Aug 2026Additional Information Requested
19 Linksview Avenue Leonay 2750Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Minor building alterations (internal); Minor building alterations (external)12 Aug 2026Under Assessment
196 River Road Leonay 2750Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure12 Aug 2026Additional Information Requested
90 Canberra Street Oxley Park 2760Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure12 Aug 2026Under Assessment
21 Sunndal Close St Clair 2759Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure11 Aug 2026Under Assessment

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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 found6,380 applications since 2019; 14,512 proposed homes; 939 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 4,772 applications carrying both dates. Cost of works is the applicant's own estimate.