Building approvals, live development applications and major projects across the
Tamworth - Gunnedah statistical area — covering Tamworth Regional, Gunnedah and Liverpool Plains and 2 more.
SA3 11004Rest of NSW89,204 residents7 statistical areas
The PipelineDevelopment Pipeline in Tamworth - Gunnedah
1 Proposed175applications in assessmentLeading · to July 2026See applications ↓
2 Approved450dwellings approved in 2024-25, or 0.47 per 100 existing dwellings a yearOfficial · ABS to June 2026See approvals ↓
3 Building40major projects committed or under construction, 17 of them already on siteForward · completions to 2030+See projects ↓
4 Delivered2,031new addresses verified since the 2021 Census, up 5.3% on the existing baseActual · to June 2026Where it landed ↓
In the 2024-25 financial year the ABS recorded 450 dwelling approvals across Tamworth - Gunnedah. Right now, 175 development applications are before the 5 councils covering the area. AreaSearch tracks 40 major projects here that are committed or under construction, the largest being Bendemeer Renewable Energy Hub at an estimated $1.20bn. On the ground, 2,031 new addresses have been verified since the 2021 Census — growth of 5.3% on the existing address base.
These four figures are deliberately not added together. An application, an
approval and a project under construction are often the same building at three points in its life,
measured by three different bodies with three different lags. Read them as a sequence, not a total.
ApprovedBuilding Approvals in Tamworth - Gunnedah
What councils and certifiers have formally
permitted — the ABS series, published about four months in arrears.
Approvals are running at 0.47 per 100 existing dwellings a year, below the New South Wales rate of 0.59. The mix is genuinely split — 64% of recent approvals are detached houses and 36% are attached or higher-density dwellings. Detached houses make up 90% of the homes already standing here but only 67% of the past five years of approvals, so the area is densifying. The average approved dwelling is valued at $401,000 in construction cost.
For its size, Tamworth - Gunnedah is adding 0.47 dwellings a year per 100 existing homes — below the New South Wales rate of 0.59 and the national rate of 0.71. That is about 4.5 approvals a year for every 1,000 residents. Building intensity has been broadly stable across the published series.
Measured against people rather than housing stock, Tamworth - Gunnedah is approving 4.29 dwellings a year per 1,000 residents — below the New South Wales rate of 5.61. The two rate views differ by household size, which here averages 2.7 people per home. Housing the projection to 2041 would need about 2.94 per 1,000 residents a year.
Dwelling approvals a year per 100 existing
homes, with New South Wales and Australia for comparison. This is the
same activity as the totals view, divided by the size of the area — which is the only
fair way to compare a large SA3 with a small one.
Dwelling approvals a year per 1,000
residents, each year divided by that year’s estimated resident
population (ABS ERP at 30 June), not by today’s — which matters most in fast-growing
areas, where a fixed denominator can understate the early years by half. The most recent periods use the latest published ERP, as the population series runs a year behind approvals. Read it alongside the per-100-homes view: the two differ wherever household size does.
Dwelling units approved each financial year. The dashed line is the five-year average of 404.
How intensively is it building?
Dwelling approvals a year per 100 existing dwellings.
Tamworth - Gunnedah0.47
New South Wales0.59
Australia0.71
What is here, and what is coming
Detached houses as a share of existing homes,
against the share of recent approvals.
Existing homes (2021 Census)90%
Approved, last 5 years67%
Approved, latest year64%
Detached housesApartments, townhouses & other
Approvals mix by year
Share of each year’s approvals.
2022
2023
2024
2025
2024-25
$199m
Residential work approved
2024-25
$125m
Commercial work approved
construction cost
$401,000
Average value per approved dwelling
last two years
214
Residents per approval
Supply & DemandIs Tamworth - Gunnedah Building Enough Homes?
The same approvals, measured against the population
they have to house.
Tamworth - Gunnedah approves about 4.5 new dwellings a year for every 1,000 residents. Since the 2021 Census it has added 4,625 residents and 2,031 new addresses, roughly one new home per 2.3 extra residents — broadly in step with an average household of 2.7. Housing the population projected for 2041 implies roughly 262 new dwellings a year from here, which puts the recent approval rate of 404 a year comfortably ahead of what the projection needs.
Growth against supply since the Census
People added for every new address verified,
against the size of an average local household.
People added per new home2.3
Average household size2.7
A bar longer than the household average means
the area gained more residents than its new housing could hold, and the extra had to be
absorbed by existing homes.
Approval rate against projected need
Dwellings a year: what is currently being
approved, against what the 2041 population projection implies.
Approved (5-yr average)404
Implied need to 2041262
Implied need assumes the average household stays
at today’s 2.7 people. Approvals are not
completions, and not every approval is built.
What is being asked for right now — applications
collected from council planning portals, before any of it reaches the ABS series above.
AreaSearch tracks applications of material scale; routine minor works such as signage and
fencing changes are not carried, so these are not counts of every application lodged. 27
of them carry an AreaSearch analyst assessment — look for the
Analysed marker in the search below.
AreaSearch tracks 930 development applications of material scale lodged with councils across Tamworth - Gunnedah, the most recent in July 2026. 175 of them are still in assessment. The biggest categories in the queue by value are commercial, mixed-use and retail.
Estimated value of applications by development type. This is the clearest
single picture of what kind of place Tamworth - Gunnedah is being asked to become.
Where the applications stand
As reported by the council. Highlighted rows are
applications still in assessment.
Determined412
Approved226
Under Assessment166
Additional Information Requested44
Withdrawn32
Cancelled16
50 applications are still marked under
assessment but were lodged more than
18 months ago. Councils often leave determined or
abandoned applications open in their feeds, so
they are counted here but excluded
from the live queue above.
By local government area
Applications on record within each council area that
overlaps Tamworth - Gunnedah. This counts applications inside this
statistical area only — it is not a total for the council.
Tamworth Regional716
Gunnedah141
Liverpool Plains58
Narrabri15
Recent applications in Tamworth - Gunnedah
By estimated cost of works, as lodged. Estimates are the applicant’s own figures and are not verified by AreaSearch.
Mixed-Use Precincts developmentTamworth - East · Under Assessment · lodged Jul 2025
$41.5m
Mixed-Use Precincts developmentTamworth - East · Under Assessment · lodged Oct 2025
Development application for a subdivision and construction of a new centre-based childcare facility in North Tamworth.Tamworth - North · Under Assessment · lodged Jul 2025
$4.9m
Erection of a new structure, Early Education and Care Facility, Centre-based child careTamworth - North · Under Assessment · lodged Mar 2025
$4.6m
Large Retail DevelopmentsTamworth - East · Under Assessment · lodged Dec 2025
$4.2m
Large Retail DevelopmentsTamworth Surrounds · Under Assessment · lodged Jan 2026
$3.0m
BuildingFORWARDMajor Projects & Infrastructure in Tamworth - Gunnedah
What is funded and moving — the projects large enough
to change how Tamworth - Gunnedah works, ranked by committed value and how close
they are to delivery.
AreaSearch tracks 40 current projects across Tamworth - Gunnedah. The largest is Bendemeer Renewable Energy Hub at an estimated $1.20bn, due by 2030. That breaks down as 17 under construction, 11 approved and awaiting a start and 12 still in planning. The pipeline is weighted toward energy, residential development and transport & logistics.
Under construction$518mby 2027
Calala Battery Energy Storage System
The Calala Battery Energy Storage System is a utility-scale 250 MW / 500 MWh facility located near Tamworth. It consists of two independent stages: a 100 MW portion with a long-term offtake agreement and a 150…
A 52-hectare (130-acre) major retail and light industrial precinct at the southern gateway to Tamworth, located 4 km south of the CBD and fronting the New England Highway. The precinct is the last remaining…
A 320 MWac solar farm with a 300 MW / 780 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) located approximately 22 km south of Tamworth. Key elements include 750,000 single-axis tracking PV arrays, inverter stations…
Bendemeer Renewable Energy HubIn planning · Energy · by 2030 · Tamworth Surrounds
$1.20bn
Gunnedah 1000 New Homes Strategic PlanApproved · Precincts & Urban Renewal · by 2040 · Gunnedah
$300m
Gunnedah Koala SanctuaryUnder construction · Tourism · by 2026 · Gunnedah
$23m
Oxley Vale Lifestyle EstateApproved · Residential Development · by 2027 · Tamworth - North
$45m
Tamworth Global Gateway ParkUnder construction · Business Parks & Technology Hubs · by 2040 · Tamworth - West
$100m
Tamworth Regional SkywalkUnder construction · Tourism · by 2026 · Tamworth - North
$14m
Sawmill Business Centre Stage 2Under construction · Business Parks & Technology Hubs · by 2026 · Gunnedah
$12m
Cohens Bridge RehabilitationUnder construction · Transport & Logistics · by 2026 · Gunnedah
$11m
Goonoo Goonoo Road UpgradeIn planning · Transport & Logistics · by 2028 · Tamworth - East
$58m
Hillvue Public PreschoolUnder construction · Education & Training · by 2027 · Tamworth - East
$8m
25 further projects in
Tamworth - Gunnedah are not listed here.
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Beyond 2030:
a further $1.35bn across
5 projects with completion dates further out — mostly precinct-scale programs whose dates are
indicative. Kept out of the chart so the years you can act on stay readable.
Estimated value of tracked projects by the year they are due to
complete, stacked by how certain they are. The dark band is money already being spent;
the pale band is still an intention. Estimates are indicative and mix infrastructure
cost with whole-of-precinct development value, so read the shape rather than the totals.
Approvals PipelineDevelopment Applications in Tamworth - Gunnedah
Development applications around
Tamworth - Gunnedah
Development approvals is a new addition to AreaSearch.
We’re actively expanding council coverage and refining the dataset — details and statuses for some councils may be partial. Check back regularly for the latest pipeline.
Applications
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In the local catchment
Est. Value
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Where disclosed
Under Assessment
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Awaiting determination
Determined
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Approved or decided
Approvals pipelineStatus, location, timing and project scale
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Lodged
Address
Description
Type
Distance
Status
SOURCE: Planning portals and council registers, compiled by AreaSearch. Distance & bearing measured from the suburb midpoint.
ProfessionalPRODevelopment Map for Tamworth - Gunnedah
Applications and major projects plotted where
they are actually proposed, with the
51 projects AreaSearch tracks here on their own tab — filterable by type, delivery stage,
area and committed value. To search every application on record rather
than this sample, use the section above.
DistributionWhere Development Is Happening in Tamworth - Gunnedah
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Tamworth - Gunnedah.
Tamworth - Gunnedah spans 5 local government areas — Tamworth Regional, Gunnedah, Liverpool Plains, Narrabri and Gwydir. Applications here are assessed by whichever of those councils the site falls within. AreaSearch publishes development
figures at ABS statistical boundaries rather than council boundaries. That is deliberate: the ABS
issues a separate official building-approvals series for local government areas, and totals
built up from statistical areas would not match it. Reporting at SA3 keeps every figure on this page
reconcilable with the published ABS series.
Local government area
Share of Tamworth - Gunnedah
Applications on record
Register read to
Tamworth Regional
74% of residents
716
July 2026
Gunnedah
15% of residents
141
June 2026
Liverpool Plains
8.9% of residents
58
June 2026
Narrabri
1.4% of residents
15
May 2026
Gwydir
0.0% of residents
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Not yet collected
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Data & MethodSources & Method for Tamworth - Gunnedah
The four tenses, and what each one can tell you
Proposed — development applications
Collected from council planning portals. The
earliest signal available, but the least certain: many applications are amended,
withdrawn or refused, values are the applicant’s own estimate, and coverage
varies by council. This is a curated set, not the full council feed:
AreaSearch carries applications of material scale and does not track routine minor
works such as signage, fencing or small alterations, so the counts here are lower
than a council’s own total lodgement figure and should not be compared with it. Applications still shown as under assessment more than
18 months after lodgement are reported separately
and kept out of the live-queue figures: the age profile of open applications is
sharply split between a genuine queue under a year old and a long tail of records
councils never closed. Not every state publishes a cost of works — Queensland,
the Northern Territory and the ACT publish none at all — so on those pages
applications are counted rather than valued and no dollar figure is shown
rather than a partial one. Treated here as a snapshot of the current queue only —
AreaSearch does not chart application counts over time, because the history
reflects when each portal was collected rather than when development happened.
Approved — ABS building approvals
The official series, aggregated to SA3 from
ABS building approvals data, currently published to June 2026.
Counts dwelling units approved, not buildings and not completions. The most recent
financial year is annualised from nine months of data wherever it appears and is
labelled as such.
Building — major projects
Projects tracked individually by AreaSearch
from Infrastructure Australia, state infrastructure agencies, developer disclosures
and council records. Values are estimates and delivery dates are targets. Ranked on
this page by committed value and delivery stage rather than by distance.
Delivered — verified new addresses
New residential addresses verified in the national
address register since the 2021 Census. This is the closest available measure of what has
actually been built, though address creation can lead occupation and lags
construction. It is not a completions count.
Boundaries
Tamworth - Gunnedah is Statistical Area Level 3 11004 in the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (2021 edition), made up of 7 Statistical Areas Level 2.
It has an estimated 89,204 residents, +5.5% since the 2021 Census.
Currency
Measure
Source
To
Dwelling approvals, five-year average
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
House share of approvals
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Residents per approval
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Value per approved dwelling
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Commercial work approved
ABS / AreaSearch
June 2026
Verified new addresses since the Census
Address register / AreaSearch
May 2026
Development applications
Council planning portals
July 2026
Major projects
Infrastructure Australia / state agencies / AreaSearch
Ongoing
Figures on this page are read live from the
AreaSearch database each time it loads, so they update as soon as a source does.
Development in Tamworth - Gunnedah — common questions
How many new dwellings were approved in Tamworth - Gunnedah?
The ABS recorded 450 dwelling approvals across Tamworth - Gunnedah in the 2024-25 financial year, against a five-year average of 404 a year.
How many development applications are lodged in Tamworth - Gunnedah?
AreaSearch tracks 930 development applications of material scale across Tamworth - Gunnedah — routine minor works such as signage and fencing are not included, so this is not a count of every application lodged, of which 175 remain in assessment. Applications are assessed within the Tamworth Regional, Gunnedah and Liverpool Plains local government areas. The most recent application in our data was lodged in July 2026.
What major projects are planned for Tamworth - Gunnedah?
AreaSearch tracks 40 current major projects in Tamworth - Gunnedah, 17 of them under construction. The largest include Calala Battery Energy Storage System, Goonoo Goonoo Commercial Precinct and Middlebrook Solar Farm.
Which council covers Tamworth - Gunnedah?
Tamworth - Gunnedah is an ABS Statistical Area Level 3. It is covered by parts of 5 local government areas — Tamworth Regional, Gunnedah, Liverpool Plains, Narrabri and Gwydir. AreaSearch publishes development figures at ABS statistical boundaries rather than council boundaries, so they reconcile with the official ABS series.
Is Tamworth - Gunnedah growing faster than the rest of New South Wales?
On development approvals, Tamworth - Gunnedah is adding new dwellings more slowly than New South Wales as a whole — 0.47 approvals per 100 existing dwellings a year against the state figure of 0.59.
How current is this development data?
ABS building approvals are published with a lag of roughly four months; this page carries the series to June 2026. Development applications are collected from council planning portals and refresh continuously, with the most recent application here lodged in July 2026. Major project records are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Each section carries its own currency label so the four are never confused.
Development data is provided for general information.
Estimated values, dwelling counts and delivery dates come from the lodging or delivering party and
are not independently verified by AreaSearch. Confirm anything material with the relevant council
or agency before relying on it.
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