Parramatta. DA processing times down

The greatest improvements in the median processing time for non-domestic development applications, by Parramatta City Council, in the June quarter, were in the mixed-use sector, 44 days (down from 89 days), and the office-building sector, 45 days (down from 86 days), However, the time processing DAs in 2007/08 increased. “This result is unfavourable and is the result of the determination of a large number of applications which have been in the system for some time and have been deferred for redesign. Reforms will be made within the (September) quarter to address the unfavourable result,” a council report said.