Planning Maps for property developers

Know the constraints before you commit

Planning overlays can make or break a development site. A flood risk overlay can drive up construction costs, a heritage listing can restrict built form, and a vegetation overlay can eliminate usable site area. Planning Maps gives you a documented overlay summary for any QLD or NSW address in minutes — before you spend money on site due diligence or a DA.

Useful for

• Acquisition screening — rule out heavily constrained sites before signing a contract
• Feasibility inputs — understand overlay-driven constraints that affect yield, cost, or timeline
• Portfolio review — screen multiple sites consistently without manual council portal lookups
• Pre-DA preparation — attach a planning overlay summary to a development application as baseline constraint documentation
• Consultant briefing — give architects, planners, and engineers a documented constraint baseline from the outset
• Investor and lender reporting — support investment decisions or finance applications with documented overlay findings

What it covers

The planning overlay report covers all seven overlay groups in one PDF: planning zone (with assessment pathway notes), flood risk (overlay type, AEP category, freeboard implications), bushfire hazard (category, BAL standard implications), heritage (local and state, curtilage polygons), transport noise corridors, vegetation overlays, and environmental overlays. Plus distance to the nearest bus stop and train station for density and TOD assessments.

Free map preview — no credit needed

Enter any QLD or NSW address to see an instant interactive overlay map before generating a report. The map shows all seven overlay groups simultaneously. Use it to quickly check whether a site has overlays worth investigating further. Generate the full PDF report for $29 when you need a shareable, documented record.