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

Real outcomes from 121 decided dwelling-house applications on Willow Vale properties, drawn from Gold Coast council records. Data current as of 2 July 2026.

According to Casa Intelligence analysis of 121 decided applications in Gold Coast, 100% of new-house applications in Willow Vale were approved.

100%

Approval rate

121 of 121 decided applications

Median decision time

Not enough dated records

121

Decided applications

Comparable dwelling-house applications

2 June 2025

Latest decision

Most recent decided application in this cohort

What the numbers say about Willow Vale

Across 121 decided dwelling-house applications on Willow Vale properties, 121 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 121 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 Willow Vale

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
PN340410/04/03approved2 June 2025
PN131868/04/02approved27 Mar 2024
PN135641/04/03approved15 Aug 2022
PN135639/04/04approved11 July 2022
PN323458/04/02approved7 July 2022

About this data

These statistics summarise decided development applications recorded against Willow Vale 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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