DA Notice

Suburbs / Lake Macquarie / Warners Bay

NSW Planning fileLake Macquarie City Council2282Updated daily

Warners BayDA activity & market read

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

8,237
Population
46
Median age
$1,494/wk
Household income
101
DAs (12 mo)
$785k
Median house
$103k
Median DA cost
● About the area · cited

Warners Bay is home to a number of local sporting clubs including the Warners Bay Bulldogs (Australian rules football), Warners Bay Panthers (Football/Soccer) and Warners Bay/Cardiff Junior Cricket Club. Source ↗

● What the data says

Warners Bay runs swimming pool / spa first, with renovation / extension (158) close behind: swimming pool / spa leads at 158 of 653 DAs on record. A Premium-tier market on a $785k median, a typical job runs $103k, approvals are up 3% year on year.

$150k
26 Martin Street
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 21 Sep 2026
$38k
55 Chartley Street
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 21 Sep 2026
$106k
5-6/22 Lake Street
Commercial development · 17 Sep 2026
$50k
9 450 The Esplanade
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 14 Sep 2026
$1M
462 The Esplanade
Restaurant or cafe · 14 Sep 2026
$324k
21 Warner Street
Secondary dwelling · 14 Sep 2026
$724k
10 Campbell Street
Demolition · 11 Sep 2026
$28k
54 Mills Street
Swimming pool · 9 Sep 2026
$980k
41 Jones Avenue
Dwelling house · 3 Sep 2026
$706k
2/337 Hillsborough Road
Retail Premise · 2 Sep 2026
$557k
33 Wellings Street
Dwelling house · 31 Aug 2026
$944k
16 Wellings Street
Dwelling house · 26 Aug 2026
$150k
Renovation , 21 Sep 2026
$38k
Retaining Wall , 21 Sep 2026
$50k
Commercial , 14 Sep 2026
$980k
New Home , 3 Sep 2026
$557k
New Home , 31 Aug 2026
$944k
New Home , 26 Aug 2026
$340k
New Home , 25 Aug 2026
$98k
New Home , 18 Aug 2026
$20k
New Home , 11 Aug 2026
$35k
New Home , 7 Aug 2026
$38k
New Home , 5 Aug 2026
$48k
New Home , 4 Aug 2026
$900k
New Home , 29 Jul 2026
$250k
New Home , 28 Jul 2026
$400k
New Home , 23 Jul 2026
$765k
New Home , 20 Jul 2026
$1.4m
Subdivision , 20 Jul 2026
$744k
New Home , 17 Jul 2026
$48k
New Home , 16 Jul 2026
$1.05m
Subdivision , 16 Jul 2026
$103k
Granny Flat , 15 Jul 2026
$366k
New Home , 8 Jul 2026
$1.71m
Subdivision , 8 Jul 2026
$823k
New Home , 16 Jun 2026
$719k
New Home , 1 Jun 2026
$346k
Commercial , 28 May 2026
$254k
Granny Flat , 25 May 2026
$5,350
New Home , 15 May 2026
$9,000
New Home , 14 May 2026
$57k
New Home , 12 May 2026
$30k
New Home , 11 May 2026
$408k
New Home , 1 May 2026
$14k
Demolition , 29 Apr 2026
$724k
New Home , 22 Apr 2026
$1.45m
Subdivision , 21 Apr 2026
$6,070
Commercial , 13 Apr 2026
$120k
Renovation , 10 Apr 2026
Rebuild market

31% of approvals are new builds or demolitions, so knock-down-rebuild is a genuine slice here, not just extensions.

Big-ticket jobs

the typical $103k approval is about 13% of the $785k median home, these are substantial transformations, not cosmetic touch-ups.

Lifestyle spend

24% of approvals are pools, decks and fencing, a discretionary-spend signal for pool, landscape and fencing trades.

$12.81M
17 Charles Street
Residential flat building · 6 Aug 2024
$7.7M
51 Albert Street
Residential flat building · 17 Mar 2026
$7.53M
3 John Street
Pub · 9 Feb 2023
$5.46M
40 Yorston Street
Centre based childcare · 20 Jul 2023
$3.77M
30 Beryl Street
Demolition · 26 Feb 2026

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
653
Total on record
101
Last 12 months
$103k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 653 DAs by category
Swimming Pool / Spa158
Renovation / Extension158
New Dwelling113
Demolition91
Other30
Subdivision25
Commercial / Change of use25
Deck / Balcony / Fence20
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 45-54 (1,128 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Warners Bay High School
Secondary · Warners Bay
Warners Bay Public School
Primary · Warners Bay
Biddabah Public School
Primary · Warners Bay
Mount Hutton Public School
Primary · Mount Hutton
Eleebana Public School
Primary · Eleebana
Cardiff South Public School
Primary · Cardiff South

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

Which council handles development applications in Warners Bay?
Warners Bay sits in the Lake Macquarie City Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Lake Macquarie City Council lodges for Warners Bay from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Warners Bay?
In the last 365 days, Lake Macquarie City Council lodged 101 development applications in Warners Bay. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
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