Query the same authoritative Australian datasets that power the Buildscout platform — planning, ownership, constraints and value — straight from your own code. 1,000+ planning applications tracked every day · Trusted by builders across Australia
Choose the datasets you need from the catalogue below, or take a bulk national download.
One API key, bearer auth. Sandbox keys for testing before you go live.
Consistent JSON, pagination and geometry across every endpoint.
Stream Buildscout datasets as spatial layers alongside your own — no exports, no manual refresh. Built for planning consultancies, infrastructure and research teams.
Every dataset that powers the Buildscout platform, returned as clean JSON — consistent auth, pagination and geometry across the board.
Every application lodged since tracking began — decisions, appeals, case officers.
Flood zones, heritage overlays, bushfire zones and more.
Freehold/leasehold status, lot area, building info, PD calcs.
Final sale prices, sourced directly from land title records.
Councils, LGAs, wards, parishes and custom areas.
Council strategies, land allocations and housing assessments.
Accurate, current HMO / rental register data, nationwide.
Energy performance ratings for residential property.
Substations, headroom capacity, cable networks and towers.
Take the full dataset for internal databases and offline analysis.
Quick answers about the Buildscout API
Programmatic access to Buildscout's Australian property and planning datasets, so the data lives inside your own systems, dashboards or applications, without needing the platform UI.
No. API access is a standalone, separately priced service. Having a platform licence doesn't include it, and the API doesn't require one.
The same datasets behind the platform: planning applications and appeals, ownership and title, constraints and policy, and sold-price comparables.
Bulk suits large datasets and internal databases. REST suits real-time per-query access inside your own software. GIS suits spatial analysis directly in ArcGIS or QGIS.
Pulling planning applications for a location into an internal tracker, enriching your own dashboards, building custom site-sourcing tools, or syncing data into a database.
Yes. Integrations involve writing code to query, process and store the responses. Without technical resource on your team, the platform is usually the better route.
Yes, we can share a sample dataset or schema overview so your technical team can confirm the structure fits before you commit.
Our property data API is available off-the-shelf, or as a package tailored to your needs. Fill out the form to start a conversation.
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