Run every matter from the address to the determination.
Urban Pulse equips the town planner. It does not replace one. The planner stays the expert and the applicant stays the applicant.
Each job sits in a matter under its client, with the obligations owed to the consent authority and, for a verified planning firm, the stage and the statutory clock.
Free site check
Type an address to read its zone, overlays and likely pathway from public planning data. No account needed.
You stay the expert. Your client stays the applicant.
Urban Pulse does the reading and the paperwork around a job so you can spend your time on the advice. It reads the site from published planning data, keeps each matter in one place, sends your documents and gets them signed. You bring the judgement.
Your client is the applicant. They review the planning pack and lodge it, and you can help them lodge. The decision on approval sits with the council or the relevant authority.
From the address to the determination
On Planning Pro your work sits in matters: one per client and job, rather than a folder of loose assessments. Here is what a matter holds.
Matters, by client and job
Every job is a matter under its client, with its own site, documents and recorded decisions. You open the matter, not a search of your inbox.
Stage and obligations
Where each matter sits, and everything the firm still owes the consent authority on it. Moving a matter on to lodged or determined, and closing an obligation, is for a verified planning firm.
The statutory clock
For a verified planning firm: it counts the days from the lodgement date you note on the matter, and shows as stopped while a council RFI you have recorded is open. The statutory periods haven't been checked against the Act yet, so it shows no deemed-refusal date or days left.
Specialist quotes from the site
Ask for specialist quotes from inside the matter. The request picks up what the site points to, a heritage consultant for a heritage overlay or a flood engineer for flood. You keep the client.
Fee proposals signed on a phone
Send your fee proposal as a private link. Your client reads it and signs on the same page, with no account to make, and you see when it was opened and when it was signed.
Reports on a private link
Deliver the report the same way, as View only. It opens in a client view with your business name on it, and you see the moment it has been opened.
The NSW planning pack, with the right document list
When the job needs a planning application, Planning Pro builds the planning pack for your client to review and lodge, including a list of the documents to attach, shaped by the mapped overlays on the site (for NSW, separate lists for a development application and a complying development certificate), naming any layer we could not check and marking each document attached or not started, with your advice behind it.
The pack lists what to attach. Choosing the pathway that suits the job, and reading the council’s controls against the design, is your work.
Start with the site already read
Put the address in and read the zone, what the council allows, the overlays to check and the likely approval pathway, from live state planning data. Where a council's controls aren't fully mapped yet the read says so, and any overlay layer left unread is listed as Not checked, so you know exactly what still needs your eye.
What planners ask
Who lodges the application, me or my client?
Your client lodges it, and you can help them. On Planning Pro, Planning builds the planning pack for your client to review and lodge. The decision on approval sits with the council or the relevant authority.
Who is the applicant?
Your client. They stay the applicant on the application, and you stay their planner. Urban Pulse keeps the matter, the documents and the obligations together around the two of you.
What do you check, and what do I check?
We read the published planning data for the address: the zone, what the council allows, the overlays to check and the likely pathway. Where a council's controls aren't fully mapped yet the read says so, and any overlay layer left unread is marked Not checked. Reading the controls against the design, judging merit, advising your client and dealing with the council are yours.
Can I rely on the statutory clock?
Treat it as a counter, not a date. For a verified planning firm it counts the days from the lodgement date you note on the matter, and shows as stopped while a council RFI you have recorded is open. The statutory periods haven't been checked against the Act yet, so it shows no deemed-refusal date or days left. Check the period yourself.
What is a verified planning firm?
A verified planning firm is our term for a planning firm account with the professional planning tools switched on. Moving a matter on to lodged or determined, closing an obligation and recording the lodgement all need one.
Does my client need an account to sign?
No. They open a private link on their phone or computer, read the proposal and sign on the same page. Nothing to install and no password to set. You can see when it was sent, when it was opened and, if you asked for a signature, when it was signed.
Run your next matter from here.
Matters by client and job, specialist quotes, fee proposals signed on a phone and reports on a private link. You bring the judgement.
Urban Pulse is an Australian construction platform: check what a site allows, build the planning pack, get quotes from trades, send contracts and reports for signing, and run the build.