DA Notice

Suburbs / Lake Macquarie / Coal Point

NSW Planning fileLake Macquarie City Council2283Updated daily

Coal PointDA activity & market read

Every council DA in Coal Point, the work behind it, and who's building. Tradies get the new ones texted every Monday, filtered to their trade.

1,749
Population
52
Median age
$2,148/wk
Household income
39
DAs (12 mo)
$1.13M
Median house
$66k
Median DA cost
● About the area · cited

Coal mining was performed at Ebenezer Colliery Coal Point from 1841 to around 1906. Source ↗

● What the data says

Coal Point runs renovation / extension first, with swimming pool / spa (59) close behind: renovation / extension leads at 59 of 253 DAs on record. A Prestige-tier market on a $1.13M median, a typical job runs $66k, approvals are down 13% year on year.

$844k
242 Coal Point Road
Secondary dwelling · 11 Sep 2026
$60k
66 Skye Point Road
Erection of a new structure · 30 Aug 2026
$53k
6 Killara Close
Erection of a new structure · 28 Aug 2026
$40k
35 Coal Point Road
Demolition · 26 Aug 2026
$45k
256 Skye Point Road
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 26 Aug 2026
$40k
284 Skye Point Road
Temporary building · 29 Jul 2026
$300k
332 Skye Point Road
Dwelling house · 9 Jul 2026
$150k
52 Skye Point Road
Dwelling house · 8 Jul 2026
$273k
243 Skye Point Road
Secondary dwelling · 6 Jul 2026
$45k
247 Coal Point Road
Subdivision · 3 Jul 2026
$490k
86 Skye Point Road
Dwelling house · 16 Jun 2026
$28k
283 Coal Point Road
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 11 Jun 2026
$300k
New Home , 9 Jul 2026
$150k
New Home , 8 Jul 2026
$273k
Granny Flat , 6 Jul 2026
$490k
New Home , 16 Jun 2026
$28k
Renovation , 11 Jun 2026
$112k
New Home , 9 Jun 2026
$19k
New Home , 30 Apr 2026
Withdrawn
New Home , 28 Apr 2026
$55k
New Home , 21 Apr 2026
Rebuild market

32% of approvals are new builds or demolitions, so knock-down-rebuild is a genuine slice here, not just extensions.

Lifestyle spend

23% of approvals are pools, decks and fencing, a discretionary-spend signal for pool, landscape and fencing trades.

$4M
113 Coal Point Road
Dwelling · 22 Mar 2023
$2.84M
218 Skye Point Road
Demolition · 5 Jun 2025
$2.51M
333 Coal Point Road
Dwelling · 21 Dec 2022
$2.18M
265 Coal Point Road
Dwelling · 16 Aug 2022
$1.82M
62-64 Skye Point Road
Dwelling · 31 Oct 2022

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
253
Total on record
39
Last 12 months
$66k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 253 DAs by category
Renovation / Extension59
Swimming Pool / Spa59
New Dwelling44
Demolition37
Other25
Deck / Balcony / Fence12
Subdivision6
Garage / Shed / Carport5
0-4
5-14
15-19
20-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65-74
75-84
85+
The biggest age band here is 55-64 (309 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Coal Point Public School
Primary · Coal Point
Rathmines Public School
Primary · Rathmines

NSW public schools within ~3.5 km. Source: NSW Department of Education schools master dataset.

Which council handles development applications in Coal Point?
Coal Point sits in the Lake Macquarie City Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Lake Macquarie City Council lodges for Coal Point from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Coal Point?
In the last 365 days, Lake Macquarie City Council lodged 39 development applications in Coal Point. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
How do I get DA alerts for Coal Point?
A weekly SMS, every Monday morning, listing the new DAs in Coal Point that match your trade. No app. Reply STOP to cancel.
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One trade, one area, weekly. Every new Coal Point approval that matches your trade, texted with the address and the job. $35/month, reply STOP anytime.