How Property Reports work

Step 1 - Enter your address

Type any Queensland, NSW, Victorian, South Australian, Tasmanian or ACT street address. No account is needed to search or to see the map. The address autocomplete uses the same geocoding engine as the full LayeredGeo geotechnical report: each state is matched against a local mirror of its own government address register, so full addresses and unit-level addressing resolve accurately in every supported state.

No address? You can also enter a suburb or LGA to explore the overlay layer coverage in that area.

Step 2 - Preview overlays as soon as you pick an address (free)

The moment you select an address, an interactive Leaflet map loads with coloured overlay polygons drawn directly from the LayeredGeo overlay database. No credit and no account are needed for the preview - it's completely free.

Eleven overlay groups are displayed simultaneously, each in a distinct colour:

• Zoning - Planning scheme zone polygon (QLD council schemes, NSW LEP, VIC planning scheme)
• Flood - Planning scheme flood overlays, overland flow, modelled extents and AEP bands, coastal inundation, historical extents
• Bushfire - Hazard and prone-area polygons (QLD Very High / High / Medium, NSW Vegetation Category 1-3 and buffers, VIC Bushfire Management Overlay)
• Heritage - Local heritage overlays and precincts, state heritage registers and curtilages, VIC Heritage Inventory
• Noise - Transport noise corridors, airport environs overlays and airport height and flight-path controls
• Council Enviro - Council vegetation and environmental protection: native vegetation, wetlands, riparian and biodiversity land, VIC ESO/VPO/SLO
• MSES - Matters of State Environmental Significance, including koala habitat (Queensland only)
• Geohazard - Landslide and erosion management, mine subsidence, salinity, acid sulfate soils and, in Victoria, environmental audit overlays (potential contamination)
• Constraints - Other state and council planning controls, such as water supply catchment, state interests and council buffers
• Easements - Registered easements, building setbacks and land reservations
• Character - Neighbourhood and building character overlays

Not every group applies in every state or council area. Where we do not hold mapping for a location, the report says so explicitly rather than reporting a clear result.

Toggle individual groups on and off using the colour-coded buttons above the map. A plain-language summary panel on the right shows the key overlay findings at a glance.

Step 3 - Buy the PDF report ($9)

When you're ready to produce a shareable document, tap Checkout and pay $9 by card, no account needed. The PDF is emailed to you in a few minutes. Signed-in customers with report credits can use one instead.

The report is generated in the background - typically a few minutes. It includes a dedicated page per assessment:

• Planning zone classification and description, and for NSW lots what the zone permits for a house, granny flat, dual occupancy, townhouses or home business
• Flood overlays, split by planning overlay, overland flow, risk and hazard, and historical events, with AEP explanation
• Bushfire hazard category and BAL construction standard implications
• Building and neighbourhood character overlays, where mapped
• Heritage overlay type and development consent implications
• Water, sewer, stormwater and power near the property, with recorded pipe depths where the utility publishes them
• Noise corridor status and attenuation requirements
• Aircraft overflight: how often and how low aircraft were seen over the address, in the areas we watch
• Council environment and vegetation overlays
• Matters of State Environmental Significance (QLD)
• Geotechnical and natural hazards: landslide, erosion, mine subsidence, salinity
• Site elevation and contours
• Registered easements over the lot
• Public transport: distance to the nearest bus stop, train station, tram stop and ferry terminal, with the search radius stated for each mode
• Traditional Owner or Registered Aboriginal Party for the area, where published
• Historical aerial imagery, where available
• Declared disasters: the council area's disaster recovery activations since 2017 (school zones, nearby schools and Census figures are in the Liveability section)
• Data source references for every overlay group
• Methodology notes and disclaimer

The PDF opens in a new browser tab and is ready to attach to feasibility reports, planning applications, or client briefs.

Data sources

All overlay data is sourced from government-published spatial datasets.

• Queensland - Brisbane City Council, Gold Coast, Logan, Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Sunshine Coast and other councils via ArcGIS FeatureServer, plus state-wide QLD datasets.
• New South Wales - the NSW ePlanning Portal state-wide, together with NSW state datasets for biodiversity, riparian land, key fish habitat, mine subsidence and landslide risk, and council flood studies.
• Victoria - Vicmap Planning state-wide for zoning and the planning scheme overlay families, the Victorian Flood Database (DEECA) for modelled and historic flood extents, the Victorian Heritage Register and Heritage Inventory, PTV for public transport, and Aboriginal Victoria for Areas of Cultural Heritage Sensitivity and Registered Aboriginal Parties.

See the methodology page for full source details.