Developer Brian Shea is reportedly closing down the attraction and leaving the city after a bitter wrangle with Dubbo City Council.

Last week the Land and Environment Court upheld an injunction preventing Mr Shea from operating aspects of his Camp Road tourist park.

But the final straw was apparently council's decision to give development consent with a "number of conditions".

Council said it was just days away from providing approval which would allow Mr Shea to reopen the complete park to the public.

Approval, however, was dependent on the developer meeting a number of unnamed conditions, some of which related to the concerns of neighbouring property owners.

The demise of Miniland is likely to spark more robust debate in council over the actions of its planning division.

Gerry Peacocke, a trenchant critic of the division's handling of DAs, warned many more developments would go the way of Miniland.

Yesterday he said Mr Shea was "not going ahead with Miniland and he's putting the site on the market".

"He was told even when the DA was approved he still can't open because of a raft of conditions."

According to Cr Peacocke the developer - who "hasn't had income for five months" - could no longer stand the situation.

The problem became critical, he said, when Mr Shea realised he might not be able to operate all his attractions during the Easter holidays.

Miniland hit problems when it opened to the public on March 15 before council had approved the development application.

Existing approval allowed the operation of a swimming pool and craft village but some of the rides and the fibreglass dinosaurs were hit with an injunction.

Last month Mr Shea told council he was the victim of "misinformation" and "delays" which had taken a horrendous toll on his family and business.

Mr Shea did not return the Daily Liberal's calls yesterday and in fact has not spoken to the newspaper since it broke the story of the DA fiasco earlier this year.

He submitted his DA to council on February 28, telling staff at the time that he planned to open in two weeks.