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Building a new house in Carrara: approval rates, timelines and costs

Real outcomes from 39 decided dwelling-house applications on Carrara properties, drawn from Gold Coast council records. Data current as of 2 July 2026.

According to Casa Intelligence analysis of 39 decided applications in Gold Coast, 100% of new-house applications in Carrara were approved.

100%

Approval rate

39 of 39 decided applications

Median decision time

Not enough dated records

39

Decided applications

Comparable dwelling-house applications

1 Dec 2021

Latest decision

Most recent decided application in this cohort

What the numbers say about Carrara

Across 39 decided dwelling-house applications on Carrara properties, 39 were approved — an approval rate of 100%. That reflects a strong track record for this kind of proposal. These are real, decided applications assessed by the Gold Coast council, not estimates or modelling.

Based on 39 decided applications in Gold Coast, these figures describe how comparable proposals have actually fared — but every site is different. Zoning, overlays, lot dimensions and the assessment pathway for your specific parcel decide what is realistic for your project.

Recent decisions in Carrara

The most recent decided dwelling-house applications in this cohort, cited by real council application number so you can verify each one yourself.

ApplicationDecisionDecidedDays to decision
PN152214/04/03approved1 Dec 2021
PN130561/04/06approved25 Sept 2021
PN133471/04/08approved4 May 2021
PN132829/04/05approved15 Sept 2020
PN292647/04/07approved11 Feb 2020

About this data

These statistics summarise decided development applications recorded against Carrara properties in Gold Coast council records, current as of 2 July 2026. Past decisions describe how comparable proposals have fared — they do not guarantee, and cannot predict, the outcome of any future application. Council assesses every application on its merits against the planning scheme that applies at the time. This page is general information, not planning or legal advice: what is achievable on a specific site depends on its zoning, overlays, lot dimensions and assessment pathway.

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