DA Notice

Suburbs / Lake Macquarie / West Wallsend

NSW Planning fileLake Macquarie City Council2286Updated daily

West WallsendDA activity & market read

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

2,981
Population
36
Median age
$1,627/wk
Household income
20
DAs (12 mo)
$690k
Median house
$54k
Median DA cost
● About the area · cited

West Wallsend's origins are in coal mining, the main concern being West Wallsend Colliery, from whose boundaries the old town grew. Source ↗

● What the data says

West Wallsend runs swimming pool / spa first, with new dwelling (36) close behind: swimming pool / spa leads at 63 of 195 DAs on record. A Value-tier market on a $690k median, a typical job runs $54k, approvals are down 41% year on year.

$250k
86 Withers Street
Dwelling house · 24 Aug 2026
$2k
72 Carrington Street
Advertising and signage · 17 Aug 2026
$609k
73 Wilson Street
Dwelling house · 12 Aug 2026
$19k
10 Brown Street
Subdivision · 14 Jul 2026
$247k
92 Carrington Street
Secondary dwelling · 7 Jul 2026
$46k
12 Wallsend Road
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 29 Jun 2026
$35k
18 Tramway Drive
Erection of a new structure · 24 Jun 2026
$211k
56 Wilson Street
Secondary dwelling · 1 Jun 2026
$80k
30 Teralba Road
Erection of a new structure · 27 May 2026
Not stated
96 Withers Street
Erection of a new structure · 27 May 2026
Not stated
11 Withers Street
Demolition · 22 May 2026
$46k
19 Railway Street
Erection of a new structure · 18 May 2026
$250k
New Home , 24 Aug 2026
$247k
Subdivision , 7 Jul 2026
$46k
Garage or Shed , 29 Jun 2026
$35k
New Home , 24 Jun 2026
$211k
Granny Flat , 1 Jun 2026
$80k
New Home , 27 May 2026
$46k
New Home , 18 May 2026
$52k
New Home , 5 May 2026
Rebuild market

25% of approvals are new builds or demolitions, so knock-down-rebuild is a genuine slice here, not just extensions.

Lifestyle spend

32% of approvals are pools, decks and fencing, a discretionary-spend signal for pool, landscape and fencing trades.

$4.09M
57-59 Carrington Street
Demolition · 30 Apr 2025
$3.82M
29 Conveyor Street
Dwelling · 6 May 2021
$1.91M
7 Withers Street
Demolition · 28 Oct 2020
$1.08M
14 Wallace Street
Erection of a new structure · 14 Aug 2025
$1.07M
82 Carrington Street
Multi-dwelling housing · 5 Nov 2021

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
195
Total on record
20
Last 12 months
$54k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 195 DAs by category
Swimming Pool / Spa63
New Dwelling36
Renovation / Extension28
Granny Flat / Secondary13
Demolition13
Subdivision10
Deck / Balcony / Fence10
Other8
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 25-34 (467 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
West Wallsend High School
Secondary · West Wallsend
West Wallsend Public School
Primary · West Wallsend
Barnsley Public School
Primary · Barnsley
Edgeworth Heights Public School
Primary · Edgeworth

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

Which council handles development applications in West Wallsend?
West Wallsend sits in the Lake Macquarie City Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Lake Macquarie City Council lodges for West Wallsend from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in West Wallsend?
In the last 365 days, Lake Macquarie City Council lodged 20 development applications in West Wallsend. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
How do I get DA alerts for West Wallsend?
A weekly SMS, every Monday morning, listing the new DAs in West Wallsend that match your trade. No app. Reply STOP to cancel.
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One trade, one area, weekly. Every new West Wallsend approval that matches your trade, texted with the address and the job. $35/month, reply STOP anytime.