The 2008-09 Local Development Performance Monitoring report provides an overview of development trends in NSW for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009. It includes information on council performance in assessing local development and general indications of the performance of the NSW planning system. As well as councils, the activities of State Government agencies and private certifiers in the planning system are covered by reporting on State agency referrals and development and building certificates issued by private certifiers. The time taken by development applicants when providing further information on their applications is also covered in this report.