Four days cost Wollongong City Council $73 million in state funding
Wollongong City Council missed a $73 million state funding pool. It processed development applications 4 days slower than the 99-day target.
The NSW government set a 99-day average for councils to approve development applications. Wollongong City Council took 103 days, missing the target by just four days.
The government held $73 million to give to councils that met the target. Shellharbour City Council made the cut.
It approved applications in an average of 58 days. This was 15 days faster than the previous year.
Shellharbour can now submit a housing infrastructure project for a grant of up to $3 million. Wollongong City Council received $2 million in the first round but did not qualify this time.
- $73 million
- Funding missed by Wollongong
- 4 days
- Days over target
- 58 days
- Shellharbour approval time
Why it mattersMissing funding deadlines by small margins costs councils millions in community infrastructure. This happens even when they meet targets in earlier rounds.
AustraliaWollongong residents miss out on state funding for housing and community infrastructure due to a narrow approval speed gap, while other regional NSW councils get the money.
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