Guides
Engineering Workflows
Planning Property Report Victoria: What It Leaves Out
If you need the planning zone and overlays for a Victorian property, the Victorian Government already gives you a free Planning Property Report. Use …
Guides
CAD & Survey Data
What Is a DP Number on a Property? Lot and Plan
A DP number is a Deposited Plan number. It is the registration number of a survey plan lodged with New South Wales Land Registry Services, and it is …
Guides
Engineering Workflows
What Is a Flood Overlay, and What Does It Mean?
A flood overlay is a planning control. It is a mapped area in a planning scheme where the council has decided flooding is a constraint, so extra rules …
Guides
Engineering Workflows
What Is in a Property Planning Report, Page by Page
“Property planning report” means different things depending on who is asking. A conveyancer means a certificate. A planner means zone and …
CAD & Survey Data
Guides
Contours DXF for Civil 3D and AutoCAD, by State
A contours DXF for one lot needs the finest contour map the state publishes there, clipped to the site, in metres with elevations intact. Build it …
Engineering Workflows
Guides
Flood Overlay Map Check by Address, Exported to CAD
To run a flood check by address, open your state’s flood overlay map and switch on each hazard layer, or search the address once in PlanInsight …
CAD & Survey Data
Guides
Property Boundary DXF: A CAD File of Any Property
The fastest way to start an AutoCAD site plan is a property boundary DXF: one file with the lot boundary, lot label, buildings, contours, watercourses …
Engineering Workflows
Guides
Site Feasibility Study: Desktop Site Assessment Checklist
A desktop site feasibility study answers one question before you quote: is there anything about this lot that changes the job? In about ten minutes, a …
CAD & Survey Data
New South Wales
SIX Maps Export to DXF: What You Really Get
Search “six maps export” and the top result is an ArcGIS REST endpoint that returns a map image. That is the whole story of SIX Maps …
Engineering Workflows
Underground Services
BYDA for Design: Turnaround and Plan Validity
Every guide to Before You Dig Australia (BYDA, formerly Dial Before You Dig) is written for the person holding the shovel. That is fair, because that …
Titles & Cadastre
Queensland
QLD Survey Plan Download: Lot on Plan Search
Queensland survey plans are public documents, and yet “survey plans qld free pdf” is a search people run every day because the first page …
Engineering Workflows
Queensland
Lawful Point of Discharge QLD: Desktop Check
Most stormwater jobs are won or lost at the fee proposal stage. If you can tell a client on day one that the site falls 4 m to the rear, drains away …
CAD & Survey Data
Queensland
QLD Globe Export to DXF: What It Cannot Do
QLD Globe is the best free property viewer in the country. It is also the source of a lot of wasted time, because people assume that a tool showing …
CAD & Survey Data
Queensland
Contours as DXF for a Single Queensland Lot
If you search for “download contours dxf qld” you get three kinds of results: the 1 m contour dataset on data.qld.gov.au, the QLD Globe …
CAD & Survey Data
Guides
Cadastral Boundary DXF for Any Australian Lot
Every site plan, footing layout and concept drawing starts with the same line: the lot boundary. And in most offices it still gets there the slow way. …
Guides
Brisbane
Track Development Applications in Brisbane
Tracking development applications (DAs) in Brisbane is essential for property professionals who want to stay ahead of the market. Whether you’re …
Guides
Zoning
Understanding Floor Space Ratio (FSR): A Developer's Guide
Floor Space Ratio (FSR), also known as Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in some states, is one of the most important planning controls for property developers. …
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