Planning data export · QLD · NSW · VIC

Planning zones, flood, bushfire, geohazard and heritage overlays

Download the underlying spatial layers for your own GIS, CAD or Google Earth workflow—clipped to the selected site and accompanied by a manifest that explains empty or unavailable results.

Five overlay groupsFour vector formatsCoverage status recorded

Check this for your site

Enter a QLD, NSW or VIC address. We will carry it into the export tool and confirm exact availability before purchase.

Planning and hazard datasets currently offered

The live catalogue below follows the fulfilment service. Overlay detail and currency depend on the relevant state and local government sources for the selected location.

Flood Overlays

Flood planning areas, AEP extents, overland flow paths, storm tide and mapped historic flood events.

NSWQLDVIC SHPDXFGPKGKMZ

Bushfire Overlays

Bushfire prone areas, bushfire management overlays and hazard buffers.

NSWQLDVIC SHPDXFGPKGKMZ

Geohazard Overlays

Landslide risk, mine subsidence, underground coal mining, erosion management and salinity.

NSWQLDVIC SHPDXFGPKGKMZ

Planning Zones

Planning scheme zones and region scheme zones.

NSWQLDVIC SHPDXFGPKGKMZ

Heritage Overlays

State and local heritage places, heritage overlays and registers.

NSWQLDVIC SHPDXFGPKGKMZ

Use the raw layers in your workflow

  • GeoPackage: keep populated overlays together with attributes and CRS.
  • Shapefile: provide conventional one-layer GIS handoffs.
  • DXF: bring mapped constraints into CAD base drawings.
  • KMZ: review and share overlay geometry in Google Earth.

Know what an empty layer means

An empty layer can mean either “mapping covers this site and no features intersect it” or “no published dataset covers this location.” Those are materially different conclusions.

DATASETS.txt and datasets.json state which result applies to every selected overlay and separately identify deliberate state restrictions or upstream outages.

Sample GIS export showing planning, heritage, easement, cadastre and project lot layers

Evidence from the current sample

Review populated and empty overlay results

The sample site includes seven planning-zone features and six heritage features. Flood, bushfire and geohazard layers were assessed with no intersecting features, and the manifest records that result explicitly rather than silently omitting them.

Inspect the sample and manifest →

Spatial screening, not statutory advice

The exported geometry helps you map context and coordinate early work. It does not decide development rights or replace formal searches.

Useful for

  • Early site screening and option assessment
  • Working maps and consultant coordination
  • Portfolio and multi-site GIS workflows
  • Overlay comparison with cadastre and terrain

Still confirm with

  • Current planning scheme and responsible authority
  • Planning certificates and property searches
  • Site-specific flood or hazard studies
  • Appropriate planning, engineering and heritage advice
Planning and hazard datasets reflect the upstream source available when the export runs. Boundaries, categories and scheme provisions can change. Validate the source date, attributes and applicable statutory documents before relying on the mapping for a decision.

Related planning guides and products

Read flood mapping properlyUnderstand the difference between an overlay and site-specific flood risk. Need an explained report?Use a planning report when you want mapped overlays summarised rather than raw files. Methodology and limitationsSee how layers are fetched, clipped, packaged and reported.

Check planning and hazard data for a site

Start with the address, choose the overlays and download the supported GIS or CAD outputs.

Check an address →