Know what you can build before you bid.
Before you bid, see the zone, the overlays and the likely approval pathway in Properties, then get a Planning pack or quotes through Marketplace.
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The listing tells you what is there. It does not tell you what you can put there. Enter the address in Properties and Urban Pulse returns the zone, what the council allows on it, the overlays sitting over it and the likely approval pathway, in plain English from live state planning data, plus the building envelope where the controls are mapped. If you take it further, Planning assembles a pack you lodge yourself on the NSW Planning Portal; Urban Pulse does not lodge and does not promise an approval. Marketplace is where you invite a consultant or builder to quote.
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Find out what the site allows before you bid
An agent can tell you the land size. Where we cannot match the address to a property, Properties shows you nothing: no zone, and no default dropped in to look like an answer. Where the address matches but the council's own controls are not mapped, the figures you see are the state scheme's default and are labelled as that rather than as your council's schedule, and any overlay layer we did not read is listed as Not checked. Not checked is a question for your own adviser, not an all-clear.
A council website can tell you the zone, eventually, if you know which document to open. Properties does it from the address: the zone and its name, what the council allows there, the overlays that apply, and the likely approval pathway, written the way a person would say it.
Where the controls are mapped you get the building envelope with it: maximum height, maximum storeys, front, side and rear setbacks, maximum site coverage, minimum garden area and car parking. Path Advisor names the likely route, complying development, a development application, or exempt, and what would push a plan into a full DA. If you want that as a written read of the site before auction day, that is a Preliminary Planning Investigation.
It is site intelligence, not planning advice and not a valuation. Urban Pulse does not price a property or tell you what it is worth. What it does is stop you bidding on an assumption.
See what a development application would involve
Wanting to add a second storey or put a granny flat out the back is a different question from whether the paperwork is realistic. Planning assembles a ready-to-lodge development application pack from what you supply, and hands it over as a PDF. You lodge it yourself on the NSW Planning Portal and mark it as lodged in Urban Pulse.
The platform never lodges for you and never promises the council will say yes. Knowing the pathway before auction day is the point, not a guaranteed outcome.
Get a builder or consultant to quote
Once you know what the site allows, the next real number is what the work costs. Marketplace is invitation-only: you invite the builders or consultants you want, they quote, you compare and you award. There is no open board and nobody you did not ask will contact you.
Licence, insurance and ABN are recorded on each profile so you can read them beside the quote. Recorded is not verified, and you still make your own checks. Free covers a stub profile and three quotes a month.
From a hunch to a read site
A property page describes what is already built. This answers the other question, before the auction rather than after it.
The zone from the address
Enter an address and read the zone and zone name, what the council allows there, the overlays we read and the likely approval pathway.
The envelope where it is mapped
Maximum height and storeys, front, side and rear setbacks, site coverage, garden area and car parking.
A written read before auction day
A Preliminary Planning Investigation is an indicative written read of the site. It is not planning advice and it is not an approval.
A pack you lodge yourself
Planning assembles the development application pack as a ready-to-lodge PDF. You lodge it on the NSW Planning Portal.
Quotes from people you invited
Marketplace is invitation only. You invite the builders or consultants you want, they quote, and nobody else contacts you.
Credentials you can read
Licence, insurance and ABN are recorded on each profile. Recorded is not verified, so your own checks still matter.
From an address to a decision
Start with the address
Properties returns the zone, what the council allows, the overlays we read and the likely approval pathway in plain English.
Read the envelope
Where the controls are mapped you also get height, storeys, setbacks, site coverage, garden area and parking.
Get it in writing
A Preliminary Planning Investigation is an indicative written read of the site, to be confirmed with a registered planner.
Price the work
Invite a builder or consultant in Marketplace, compare the quotes, and award if you decide to go ahead.
Lodge it yourself
Planning assembles the pack and you lodge on the NSW Planning Portal, then record the lodgement against the job.
The same purchase, with the facts
Bidding on what somebody said the block could take.
Bidding on the zone, the overlays we read and the likely pathway.
A council website and four PDFs the night before the auction.
The address, in plain English, whenever you want to read it.
Cold calls from trades you never asked to hear from.
Quotes only from the builders and consultants you invited.
What buyers ask
What do I get for an address?
The zone and zone name, what the council allows there, the overlays we read and the likely approval pathway. Where the controls are mapped, add the envelope: height and storeys, the front, side and rear setbacks, site coverage, garden area and parking. Figures drawn from the state scheme's default are labelled as that.
Which states can I check an address in?
Seven: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT. If the property is in New South Wales the mapped overlays come with it, and no other state gives you that. A Queensland address is read against that council's own rules. The Northern Territory is not live.
Is this planning advice I can rely on at auction?
No. It is site information taken from published planning data, and Urban Pulse does not value the property or tell you what to bid. A Preliminary Planning Investigation gives you an indicative written read built from public planning data and what you say you want to do. Confirm it with a registered planner.
If I buy it, who lodges the development application?
You do. Planning assembles the pack and gives it to you as a ready-to-lodge PDF, then you lodge it on the NSW Planning Portal and mark it as lodged. Urban Pulse never lodges for you, and nobody on the platform promises that the council will approve anything.
Can I get a builder to price the work before I commit?
Yes, by invitation. In Marketplace you invite the builders or consultants you choose, they quote, you compare and you award. Nobody you did not invite will contact you. Licence, insurance and ABN are recorded on each profile, and you still make your own checks before you sign.
People also ask
How do I find out what I can build on a property before I bid?
Enter the address in Urban Pulse and Properties returns the zone and zone name, what the council allows, the overlays it read and the likely approval pathway, plus the building envelope where the controls are mapped. Figures drawn from the state scheme's default are labelled as that, and layers that were not read are listed as Not checked.
Does a listing tell you what a site allows?
A listing describes what is already built. Urban Pulse answers the other question from the address itself: the zone, what the council allows on the site, the overlays and the likely approval pathway, in plain English from published planning data. It is site information rather than planning advice, and it is not a valuation of the property.
What is a Preliminary Planning Investigation?
A Preliminary Planning Investigation is a written read of a site from Urban Pulse. It checks what you have in mind against public planning data and your stated intent, and reports whether it is permitted, what envelope applies and the conditions to expect. It is indicative, it is not planning advice, it is not an approval, and a registered planner should confirm it.
Know the site. Then bid.
One work email is all we take. No account is created and no plan is started, and we will let you know when you can read a site before you bid on it.
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