NSW Premier Chris Minns faces a politically awkward bottleneck in his own electorate, with Georges River Council – which covers large swaths of his seat of Kogarah – being the state’s slowest development approver amid a deepening shortfall in new housing supply.

Georges River Council approved just five residential development applications within the 115-day timeframe expected by the Minns government during the first 10 months of the 2024-25 financial year, translating to the council only making assessments on time for just 4 per cent of its determinations, according to the NSW government’s council performance league table.