DA Notice

Suburbs / Lake Macquarie / Speers Point

NSW Planning fileLake Macquarie City Council2284Updated daily

Speers PointDA activity & market read

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

3,400
Population
45
Median age
$1,766/wk
Household income
69
DAs (12 mo)
$925k
Median house
$192k
Median DA cost
● About the area · cited

Soon after settlement by William Speer, a dairy began operating and before 1874 a citrus orchard was in operation by the lakeside. Source ↗

● What the data says

Speers Point runs new dwelling first, with swimming pool / spa (119) close behind: new dwelling leads at 126 of 453 DAs on record. A Premium-tier market on a $925k median, a typical job runs $192k, approvals are down 16% year on year.

$99k
3 Maran Street
Erection of a new structure · 15 Sep 2026
$19k
87 Thompson Road
Erection of a new structure · 8 Sep 2026
$1.21M
19 Berkeley Street
Dwelling house · 7 Sep 2026
$67k
19A Berkeley Street
Erection of a new structure · 29 Aug 2026
$813k
78 Thompson Road
Dwelling house · 28 Aug 2026
$603k
56 Kirai Drive
Dwelling house · 26 Aug 2026
$33k
278 The Esplanade
Other · 24 Aug 2026
$673k
3 Maran Street
Dwelling house · 21 Aug 2026
$17k
1 Park Road
Erection of a new structure · 12 Aug 2026
$796k
31 Speers Street
Dwelling house · 11 Aug 2026
$26k
78 Thompson Road
Demolition · 7 Aug 2026
$740k
12 Moulden Street
Demolition · 4 Aug 2026
$99k
New Home , 15 Sep 2026
$1.21m
New Home , 7 Sep 2026
$813k
New Home , 28 Aug 2026
$603k
New Home , 26 Aug 2026
$673k
New Home , 21 Aug 2026
$796k
Subdivision , 11 Aug 2026
$26k
New Home , 7 Aug 2026
$740k
Subdivision , 4 Aug 2026
$43k
New Home , 3 Aug 2026
$115k
Pool , 28 Jul 2026
$55k
New Home , 23 Jul 2026
$3.84m
Subdivision , 17 Jul 2026
$60k
New Home , 17 Jul 2026
$40k
New Home , 10 Jul 2026
$105k
New Home , 9 Jul 2026
$20k
New Home , 17 Jun 2026
$30k
New Home , 9 Jun 2026
$321k
Subdivision , 15 May 2026
$1.16m
New Home , 15 May 2026
$190k
New Home , 14 May 2026
$594k
New Home , 14 May 2026
$650k
New Home , 29 Apr 2026
$796k
New Home , 28 Apr 2026
$25k
New Home , 14 Apr 2026
Rebuild market

38% of approvals are new builds or demolitions, so knock-down-rebuild is a genuine slice here, not just extensions.

Big-ticket jobs

the typical $192k approval is about 21% of the $925k median home, these are substantial transformations, not cosmetic touch-ups.

Lifestyle spend

26% of approvals are pools, decks and fencing, a discretionary-spend signal for pool, landscape and fencing trades.

$3.84M
3 Moulden Street
Demolition · 17 Jul 2026
$3.5M
164 Main Road
Mixed use development · 7 Dec 2021
$3.37M
108 Main Road
Demolition · 12 May 2022
$2.61M
163 Main Road
Multi-dwelling housing · 11 Sep 2022
$2.61M
161 Main Road
Multi-dwelling housing · 11 Aug 2022

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
453
Total on record
69
Last 12 months
$192k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 453 DAs by category
New Dwelling126
Swimming Pool / Spa119
Renovation / Extension66
Demolition44
Subdivision38
Deck / Balcony / Fence23
Granny Flat / Secondary13
Other10
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 (501 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Speers Point Public School
Primary · Speers Point
Biddabah Public School
Primary · Warners Bay
Boolaroo Public School
Primary · Boolaroo
Lake Macquarie High School
Secondary · Booragul
Five Islands School
Schools for Specific Purposes · Booragul
Booragul Public School
Primary · Booragul

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

Which council handles development applications in Speers Point?
Speers Point sits in the Lake Macquarie City Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Lake Macquarie City Council lodges for Speers Point from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Speers Point?
In the last 365 days, Lake Macquarie City Council lodged 69 development applications in Speers Point. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
How do I get DA alerts for Speers Point?
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One trade, one area, weekly. Every new Speers Point approval that matches your trade, texted with the address and the job. $35/month, reply STOP anytime.