The league table,which will updated daily with information from councils,will be used to identify those councils that consistently underperform over time. Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig has the power to issue a performance improvement order to repeat poor performers,which would start with an action plan.

If a council does not comply with its action plan and its performance does not improve,the minister could appoint a planning administrator or hand functions to a Sydney or regional planning panel.

The league table will also publish the time it takes for state agencies,such as Transport for NSW and the NSW Rural Fire Service,to assess parts of a development application.

Minister for Planning Paul Scully said the performance of councils was “critical to confronting the housing crisis”.

“We are now introducing new performance standards and monitoring because if we don’t measure
performance,then we can’t monitor it properly,” Scully said.

“Councils approve the vast majority of residential development in our state,so tracking their performance is critical if we together want to meet our housing targets. But we will also track the performance of the state government to hold ourselves to account.”

Regionally significant development applications referral times to planning panels will be published from August,state-significant development assessment timeframes for infill affordable housing in September,and transport-oriented development assessment timeframes in 2025.

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