Every planning control identified for any lot | LEP + SEPP + DCP cross-referenced in one query | Approval likelihood scored for every control | Conflicts and overrides resolved automatically | Every answer cited to the source clause | Ask planning questions in plain English | Results in under 1 second | Every planning control identified for any lot | LEP + SEPP + DCP cross-referenced in one query | Approval likelihood scored for every control | Conflicts and overrides resolved automatically | Every answer cited to the source clause | Ask planning questions in plain English | Results in under 1 second |
Who It's For

Built for everyone who touches planning

From individual planners running site checks to state government modelling policy impact. ZoneDSS resolves every planning control for any lot — the difference is how each role uses it.

Planners & Architects

Coming Soon

Enter an address, select what you're building, and get every applicable control with clause citations. Height, FSR, heritage, setbacks, parking — all resolved for your specific lot with approval likelihood scores. What currently costs $50/report or hours of manual cross-referencing takes under a second.

Key capabilities

  • Site planning reports with actual values for your specific lot
  • Clear permissibility answer — permitted, consent required, or prohibited
  • Compliance risk report ranked by approval likelihood
  • Ask planning questions in plain English, get cited answers

Replaces

PropCode report $49.95/property
Manual cross-referencing 2-4 hours/property
Senior planner review $5,000+/assessment

NSW Councils

Coming Soon

Automated pre-DA screening before a planner touches it. The system flags every non-compliance against all applicable controls, ensuring consistency across officers and saving 2-3 days per DA. Simple compliant DAs get fast-tracked; complex ones get flagged for senior review with a quantified risk profile.

Council-specific features

  • Pre-DA automated screening with compliance matrix output
  • Consistency checking — same controls, same assessment, every time
  • See how DCP amendments affect existing controls across zones
  • Embeddable applicant self-service compliance checker

Value for councils

Save 2-3 days per DA

Automated first-pass compliance screening before planner review. At 50,000 DAs/year statewide, the time savings are enormous.

Officer consistency

Two officers assessing similar DAs reach the same conclusion. Quantified risk scores remove subjective variation.

Workload prioritisation

Sort incoming DAs by compliance risk score. Simple compliant DAs fast-tracked, complex ones flagged for senior review.

Planning Consultancies

Coming Soon

Bulk DA pre-assessment, auto-generated clause-by-clause compliance tables for Statement of Environmental Effects, and cross-LGA comparison. Reduce the hours junior planners spend on control lookups and let them focus on the analysis that requires professional judgment.

  • Bulk site assessment across multiple addresses
  • SEE compliance section auto-generation
  • Cross-LGA comparison (R1 in Sydney vs Inner West)
  • Search all controls across all instruments by keyword or category

Target firms

Urbis, Ethos Urban, JBA, Mecone, SJB Planning, City Plan, and the 200+ independent planning consultancies across Australia.

Revenue impact

A junior planner spends 30-50% of DA assessment time on control lookups and cross-referencing. Automating this means the same team can handle more DAs without additional headcount.

Developers

Site due diligence in seconds. Know every applicable control and approval likelihood before you make an offer. No surprises after purchase.

Coming Soon

State Government

Model the impact of policy changes before they're gazetted. "If we increase height limits near stations, how many controls are affected across all councils?"

Coming Soon

Which role is yours?

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