Planning Maps for town planners

Built for planning workflows

Planning Maps is designed around how town planners actually work — fast site screening across multiple addresses, concise constraint summaries for clients, and documented data sources for DA submissions. All overlay data is sourced directly from council ArcGIS services and the NSW ePlanning Portal, stored in a PostGIS database, and queried in real time for each address.

Useful for

• Pre-lodgement site screening — identify all applicable overlays before a development application
• Site due diligence for acquisition advice or feasibility assessments
• Attaching a concise overlay summary to DA submissions or planning reports as a supporting document
• Generating overlay reports for multiple sites quickly without manual council portal lookups
• Client briefing — plain-language overlay summaries with development implications for each group
• Portfolio screening for developers or agencies across multiple QLD or NSW sites

Overlay groups covered

Each report covers: planning zone, flood overlays (risk mapping, overland flow, coastal inundation, historical extents), bushfire hazard (category + AS 3959 BAL implications), heritage (local heritage, character areas, State Heritage Register), transport noise corridors (road and rail), vegetation overlays (native vegetation, waterway/wetland, urban canopy), and environmental overlays (biodiversity, koala habitat, MSES/MLES, ecological corridors). Plus distance to nearest bus stop and train station.

Supported councils — QLD

Brisbane City Council, Gold Coast, Logan, Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Sunshine Coast, Noosa, Toowoomba, Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim, Redland, Mackay, Townsville, Cassowary Coast, Gympie, and Mount Isa, plus state-wide QLD datasets. NSW coverage is state-wide via the NSW ePlanning Portal.

Data currency

Overlays are updated periodically from source services — typically monthly to quarterly for most councils. The report includes the data retrieval date. Users should verify current overlay status with the relevant council or competent authority for formal planning advice.