New data layers, features and improvements to DA Leads. We ship often — this is where it lands.
See where new homes are actually being approved across Australia. Turn on Dwelling approvals (SA2) under Planning on the map and every statistical area is shaded by its rolling 12‑month count of new residential dwelling approvals (from ABS Building Approvals). The greenfield growth corridors light up dark; established inner suburbs stay pale. Hover any area for the exact number. Refreshes monthly.
A new Draft activity centres (VIC) layer maps the Victorian Government's proposed Train & Tram Zone catchments — the core, inner and outer areas around activity centres slated for more housing. They're drawn with a dashed outline to make clear they're proposed, not yet gazetted, so you can see where upzoning is likely to land next. The already‑gazetted Housing Choice and Transport Zones ride the normal planning zone layer.
The PT stops layer now colours every stop by its transport mode — train, tram/light rail, bus, coach or ferry — and adds a mode filter so you can show just the ones you care about (e.g. train stations only). Coverage now spans all eight states and territories, including Darwin and regional Queensland — around 250,000 stops in total.
A big batch of new planning layers went live across the states:
Find them under Planning, Hazards and the other layer groups.
The Parcels layer gained real filters — narrow by registration year with a slider, hide road reserves, or jump straight to a VIC lot by plan/SPI. Isolate exactly the lots you're chasing instead of hunting the whole map.
Ask the map's AI assistant to search the actual planning documents attached to a development application — plans, reports, decision notices — by keyword, and jump straight to the source. No more scrolling council portals. (Pro)
Planning zones are now shaded by purpose — residential, commercial, industrial, rural, environment and more — so you can read zoning across a whole suburb at a glance, with filters to show just one family. Overlays were restyled as clean boundary layers so they stop drowning the map.
Tap any of the Colour map by score buttons — Noise, Flood, Bushfire, Solar, Heat Island, Walkability, Contamination or View Quality — to shade the whole map by that environmental score, with a floating legend that explains the colour scale. A quick way to read a whole suburb at a glance before you zoom into a single site.
Eight environmental scores now sit on every property — Noise, Flood, Bushfire, Solar, Heat Island, Walkability, Contamination and View Quality. Open the Scores tab on any parcel, or read the dedicated explainer pages with live map demos to see how each one is measured.
A new map layer shades each area by its share of social housing (ABS Census, SA2 level) — useful context when you're weighing where to build and what mix makes sense.
A new API lets businesses and developers pull DA Leads' parcel, zoning, scores and planning data straight into their own tools — with a free sandbox to try before you commit. See the API docs.
Ask questions about any property in plain English — "what can I build here?", "any recent DAs nearby?" — and the map's AI assistant answers using live parcel, zoning and DA data, right in the panel. (Beta)
The map gained natural-hazard layers — bushfire, flood, landslide, coastal and heritage — plus a full address layer, so you can screen a site's constraints in seconds.
A full interactive map went live — parcels as seamless boundaries and development applications as clickable points, right across the country, on a fast vector-tile engine. Click any lot to open its details.
A public API launched for developers — pull DA and permit data straight into your own systems with API keys, rate limits and a management console. See the API docs.
Auto-generated reports for suburbs and individual sites — market data, satellite cover imagery and development context — plus site discovery that surfaces for-sale listings and large lots worth a second look.
The feasibility view gained a 3D toggle — building massing and site layouts render in three dimensions, so you can picture what actually fits on a block before committing to a design.
Run a development feasibility on any site. Pull the zoning and local median prices, set your assumptions, and get an AI-written read on what you could build and whether the numbers stack up.
DA Leads launches. Search live development applications from council planning registers right across Australia, find the businesses behind them in the directory, and read the guides — the starting point for spotting projects early.