RejectionWatch
See what councils really reject.
Clear, shareable NSW DA refusal data. Compare the councils, clock the friction, and walk into your next application less surprised.
Illustrative seed data · NSW Planning Portal methodology
Rolling 12 months
The refusal table.
Built to make public planning data feel less like a spreadsheet and more like a scoreboard.
37%
Highest rate
5
Seeded LGAs
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Biggest reason
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Public data, readable
A crisp view of what gets knocked back.
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No mystery score
Rates, periods and refusal reasons are visible.
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NSW-specific context
Built around planning controls people actually meet.
The main event
Hardest councils to build in.
A quick read on where DAs run into the most resistance. Choose a council to see its seeded trend, reasons, and de-identified sample outcomes.
5 LGAs
Illustrative preview dataset
NSW council leaderboard
Ranked by DA refusal rate · rolling 12 months
Council detail · illustrative
Inner West
Refusal trend and common pain points from the current seed set.
Refusal-rate trend
Five quartersTop refusal reason
Overshadowing appears most often in this council’s sample.
Recent refused DAs
Examples are suburb-level and de-identified. This interface currently uses illustrative seed data.
Shareable by design
Make the stat travel.
The social card updates to the council you select above—ready for a group chat, client deck, or that planning thread everyone is watching.
Uses your device’s share sheet where available.
DA Watch
RejectionWatch
Rolling 12 months
Inner West
rejected 37% of DAs.
Site risk · coming soon
Before you lodge, check the room.
Address-level refusal risk is on the way. Join the early list for a clearer sense of where your site may face planning friction.
We’ll start with relevant council patterns, nearby refusal signals, and the controls that tend to slow an application down.
Monthly leaderboard
Who climbed the table?
A useful monthly read on council movement, planning friction, and the stats worth sharing.
About the data
Clear data. Real consequences.
RejectionWatch is built around the NSW Planning Portal and is designed to make public planning information more legible. Current rankings and charts are illustrative seed data while the live pipeline is prepared; published data will identify its reporting period and methodology.
Read the data notes