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Every development application across Australia from the day it’s lodged, with every document and the site’s history back to 1980. Search it, save it and export it your way.

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Change of use, Parramatta412 results · 0.4s
Lodged this weekCommercialBack to 1980
Unit 4, Harbour Street · offices to apartmentsLodged today
12 Park Row · change of use to caféLodged 2 days ago
Former warehouse, Granville · 48 homesUnder assessment · 27 documents
While the council’s still assessing it.
A week of business development

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AI · change of use within 5 km
Parramatta, Blacktown and Penrith in one search.
01Monday, 9am
01 · Find

Stop trawling council portals.

Every application across Australia, from the day it’s lodged.

Search by map, drawn area or postcodeDraw your patch on the map, or start from a postcode.
Or describe what you’re looking for to AIType “granny flats within 3 km” and AI builds the search.
Filter by type, status, size and dateOnly see the applications that fit your work.
02 · Assess

Stop opening every PDF.

Know the job in ten seconds, then search inside the documents that matter.

A summary of every applicationKnow what’s planned in seconds, without opening a PDF.
Keyword search inside the document types you chooseFind any word in plans, drawings and statements.
The full application: proposal, timeline, people and drawingsEverything about the job on one screen.
02Monday, 10am
Former warehouse, GranvilleSummary
Conversion to 48 homes with ground-floor commercial. Heritage statement flags heritage-listed chimney.
Heritage statementDrawingsTransport
Found it in the heritage statement.
Unit 4, Harbour Street · 27 documents
1998Unit built
2012Signage
2019Change of use
2026Flats
Refused in 2019. Here’s why.
03Tuesday
03 · Research

Stop guessing a site’s past.

Every past application on the site, with every document, back to 1980.

Planning history back to 1980See everything that’s been applied for on the site before.
Every decision and every document in one placeNo more digging through council portals.
See what was refused, and whySpot the risks before you quote.
04 · Track

Stop losing track of live applications.

Save what matters and re-run your searches in one click.

Folders and a leads board, from new to wonTrack every opportunity in one pipeline.
Unlimited searches and saved searchesRe-run a search in one click and see what’s new.
04Wednesday
New
Watching
Objected
Saved search re-run · 6 new since Monday
6 new since Monday.
AddressTypeStatus
Unit 4, Harbour StreetChange of useLodged
Former warehouse, GranvilleResidentialUnder assessment
12 Park RowChange of useApproved
CSV readyparramatta-change-of-use.csv · 412 rows
Friday’s report, done by 10.
05Friday
05 · Report

Stop rebuilding spreadsheets.

Export what you’ve found to the tools your team already uses.

CSV exports every weekPull your data into the tools you already use.

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  • Every application from the day it’s lodged
  • Search by map, drawn area or AI
  • A summary of every application
  • Research it
  • The full application: proposal, timeline, people and drawings
  • Planning history back to 1980, with every document
  • Keyword search inside the document types you choose
  • Save and export it
  • Save leads into folders yourself, and track them on a leads board
  • Unlimited searches and saved searches, re-run in one click
  • CSV exports every week
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