ZoneDSS resolves every planning obligation for any lot — LEP, SEPP, and DCP cross-referenced in a single query. Starting in NSW, expanding nationally. Not a document viewer. A regulatory intelligence engine.
A single lot in Sydney can be subject to hundreds of obligations across LEP, multiple SEPPs, and DCP — with override chains and cross-instrument constraints that no human can reliably resolve manually.
Average time for a council to manually assess DA compliance against all applicable controls
What a planning consultant charges for a manual compliance assessment
ZoneDSS resolves all obligations for a lot with Bayesian risk scores
Built on atomically decomposed obligations, graph-based dependency resolution, and Bayesian probability scoring.
Every provision from LEP, SEPP, and DCP parsed into independently assessable propositions — obligations, conditions, prohibitions, permissions, thresholds.
Directed Acyclic Graph maps 613 nodes and 792 edges — including 164 cross-instrument constrains edges and 19 overrides edges.
BAG (Bayesian Acyclic Graph) with prior probabilities and conditional probability tables. Every obligation gets an approval likelihood score — not pass/fail, but quantified risk.
Ask natural language planning questions grounded in real obligation data — not hallucinated answers. Every response cites specific clauses from LEP, SEPP, and DCP.
Other tools show you the document. ZoneDSS has atomically decomposed every provision into individually assessable propositions, mapped their dependencies in a graph, and scored each one with Bayesian probability. The difference is the same as reading a textbook versus having an expert who has memorised every clause and can cross-reference them instantly.
Enter an address. Get the complete planning picture — zone, controls, permissibility, risk scores, and cited obligations.
Instantly see what land uses are permitted, require consent, or are prohibited. Clear green/blue/red answer with LEP clause citation and SEPP override notes.
Building height, FSR, lot size, setbacks — per-coordinate values from spatial overlays with exact clause references. Not zone averages, actual map values.
Heritage items with significance level, heritage conservation areas, flood mapping, bushfire constraints — all resolved spatially per lot.
Ranked obligations by BAG score, grouped into 13 categories (design quality, setbacks, parking, heritage, etc.). Expandable detail with full obligation text and citations.
Browse, search, and filter all 8,130 obligations. Paginated, filterable by instrument/type/zone, with HNSW semantic similarity for natural language search.
Ask "Can I build a boarding house here?" and get a cited answer grounded in the actual obligation data for that lot — not an LLM guessing from training data.
Type an address or click the map. ZoneDSS geocodes the location and identifies the lot, zone, and all applicable instruments.
Choose from dwelling house, dual occupancy, residential flat building, boarding house, and more. Permissibility is resolved instantly from the LEP land use table with SEPP override detection.
Height, FSR, heritage, setbacks, parking — every obligation ranked by approval likelihood with clickable clause citations linking back to the source instrument.
Instant site planning reports. Enter an address, select a development type, get every applicable control with citations. Replace $50/report lookups.
Coming SoonAutomated pre-DA screening. Flag every non-compliance before a planner touches it. Save 2-3 days per DA and ensure consistency across officers.
Coming SoonBulk DA pre-assessment, auto-generated compliance tables for SEE reports, and cross-LGA comparison. Reduce junior planner hours by 60%.
Coming SoonBefore you buy a site, know every applicable control and the BAG-derived approval likelihood. Acquisition due diligence in seconds, not weeks.
Coming SoonExhaustive obligation checklists for L&E Court evidence. If the council missed a control, our system finds it — with clause references the court can verify.
Coming SoonPolicy impact modelling via DAG traversal. "If we change height controls in R1 within 800m of stations, how many obligations are affected across all councils?"
Coming SoonUpload your proposal specs — height, FSR, setbacks, parking, landscaping — and get a pass/fail verdict against every applicable obligation. With clause citations and BAG-derived approval likelihood.
A planning consultant charges $5,000-15,000 per DA assessment. Councils spend 2-4 weeks manually checking compliance. We do it in seconds.
Get notified when it launches| Control | Proposed | Required | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building height | 12m | 9.5m max | FAIL |
| FSR | 1.8:1 | 2.0:1 max | PASS |
| Front setback | 6m | 6m min | PASS |
| Side setback | 1.5m | 1.8m min | FAIL |
| Car parking | 18 | 24 (1/dw) | FAIL |
| Landscaping | 22% | 20% min | PASS |
Sydney & Inner West LGAs — expanding statewide
Next: Inner West LEP, Randwick LEP, Parramatta LEP, North Sydney LEP + corresponding DCPs and additional SEPPs
We're onboarding early users now. If you're a planner, architect, developer, or council, get in touch for priority access when we launch.
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