Major projects — Australia's biggest developments in the pipeline
Every NSW development application stating a cost of works over $50M, deduplicated so a project's DA and its modifications count once. 980 projects, $137bn of stated work, 142,621 dwellings.
980Major projects
$137bnTotal stated value
142,621Dwellings across all
$50M+Cost of works floor
Not every project on this list gets built. Cost of works is the applicant's own stated figure at lodgement, and status matters as much as size: several of the largest in NSW are marked Cancelled or Withdrawn below, not Determined. Filter by status to see what actually proceeded.
| # | Address | What | Council | Stated cost | Dwellings | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16-32 Wharf Street Tweed Heads 2485 | Demolition; Residential flat building; Shop top housing; Mixed use development; Hotel or motel accommodation; Retail premises | Tweed | $907M | 1,371 | Operational consent issued |
| 2 | 338 Pitt Street, Sydney | Residential flat building; Hotel or motel accommodation; Retail premises | Council of the City of Sydney | $727M | 592 | Operational consent issued |
| 3 | 118-130 Epsom Road Zetland 2017 | Mixed use development | Council of the City of Sydney | $507M | — | Operational consent issued |
| 4 | 903-921 Bourke Street Waterloo 2017 | Mixed use development | Council of the City of Sydney | $218M | 376 | Operational consent issued |
| 5 | 923 Bourke Street Waterloo 2017 | Demolition; Residential flat building; Shop top housing; Subdivision; Office Premise; Erection of a new structure; Retail Premise; Shop; Hours of operation and trading | Council of the City of Sydney | $166M | 110 | Operational consent issued |
| 6 | 40 Cobbora Road Dubbo 2830 | Demolition; Signage; Health services facilities; Mixed use development; Centre based childcare; Office premises; Independent living units; Residential care facility | Dubbo Regional Council | $151M | — | Operational consent issued |
| 7 | 13 Endeavour Road Caringbah 2229 | Demolition; Restaurant or cafe; Warehouse or distribution centre; Advertising and signage; Office Premise; Erection of a new structure; Industrial retail outlet; Centre-based child care; Light industry; Hours of operation and trading | Sutherland | $148M | — | Operational consent issued |
| 8 | 122 Herring Road Macquarie Park 2113 | Mixed use development | Ryde | $147M | 265 | Operational consent issued |
| 9 | 320-322 Botany Road Alexandria | Mixed use development; Office premises | Council of the City of Sydney | $141M | — | Operational consent issued |
| 10 | 10-12 Railway Street Lidcombe 2141 | Shop top housing | Cumberland Council | $102M | 306 | Operational consent issued |
| 11 | 40 Memorial Avenue Bella Vista 2153 | Demolition; Residential flat building | The Hills | $100M | 224 | Operational consent issued |
| 12 | 461 Victoria Road Gladesville 2111 | Demolition; Advertising and signage; Erection of a new structure; Storage premises; Light industry | Ryde | $99M | — | Operational consent issued |
| 13 | 111 Anzac Parade Kensington 2033 | Boarding house; Retail premises | Randwick | $94M | 564 | Operational consent issued |
| 14 | 469-483 Balmain Road Lilyfield 2040 | Demolition; Mixed use development | Inner West Council | $91M | 89 | Operational consent issued |
| 15 | 34 Spring Mill Avenue Rouse Hill 2155 | Residential flat building | The Hills | $61M | 339 | Operational consent issued |
| 16 | 277-291 Anzac Parade, Kingsford Nsw 2032 | Mixed use development; Co-living housing | Randwick | $53M | 286 | Operational consent issued |
Source: NSW Planning Portal Online DA open API (CC-BY 4.0). Cost of works is the applicant's own estimate as lodged, not an assessed or final figure.