QLD Property Snapshot
Enter any Queensland address. We pull state-level planning data from the QLD government's spatial systems — cadastre (lot/plan, area), local government area, Priority Development Areas, State Development Areas, and Matters of State Environmental Significance — in about 30 seconds.
Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Logan & Moreton Bay addresses also get council-level data: planning scheme zone, neighbourhood / local plan, and overlays (heritage, flood, bushfire, character, coastal hazard, etc.). Other Tier 2 LGAs (Ipswich, Townsville, Cairns, Toowoomba, Mackay, Noosa) ship next.
What this free preview covers
We query the QLD Government's public ArcGIS REST endpoints (spatial-gis.information.qld.gov.au) and Brisbane City Council's open-data tenant (spatial-brisbane.opendata.arcgis.com) in real time. State-level data sources cover every QLD property:
- Cadastre — lot/plan number, area, lot geometry from the Department of Resources cadastre dataset
- LGA boundary — which of the 77 Queensland local government areas the property falls in
- Priority Development Areas (PDAs) — if the property is in a designated PDA under the Economic Development Act 2012
- State Development Areas (SDAs) — if the property is in an SDA under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971
- Matters of State Environmental Significance (MSES) — bundle of state environmental layers (regulated vegetation, koala habitat, wetlands, etc.)
For Brisbane City addresses, you also get council-level data from City Plan 2014: zone + zone code, neighbourhood plan name and precinct, and key overlays (Heritage — Local / State / Adjoining; Flood — Overland flow / Creek & waterway / Brisbane River; Bushfire; Traditional building character; Pre-1911 building).
For Gold Coast City addresses, we pull from City Plan Version 13 (open-data tenant): zone + zone precinct, plus overlays (Heritage place, Place adjoining heritage, Flood assessment, Bushfire hazard, Landslide hazard, Coastal hazard at/below 5m or 20m AHD).
For Sunshine Coast addresses (Sunshine Coast Council area only — Noosa has its own scheme), we pull from the Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme 2014: zone name, local plan area + precinct, plus overlays (Heritage and character, Bushfire, Flood — risk and storage, Landslide, Steep slope, Acid sulfate soils, Coastal hazards, Scenic amenity, Agriculture).
For Logan addresses, we pull from the Logan Planning Scheme 2015 v9.2: zone, zone precinct, local plan boundary, plus Flooding and inundation, Building envelopes, Watercourse, Priority Development Area, and Wetlands overlays.
For Moreton Bay addresses (City of Moreton Bay, formerly MBRC), we pull from the Moreton Bay Planning Scheme: Strategic Framework Place Type (zone equivalent), Local Plan boundary + precincts, plus overlays (Heritage areas, Heritage trees, Flood Defined Inundation Area, Bushfire, Coastal erosion, Landslide, Acid sulfate, Scenic amenity, Transport noise, etc.).
Outside the SEQ Tier 2 LGAs: use our free QLD Council Finder to deep-link into the council's mapping tool while we wire up the rest.
Coming next
- • Remaining Tier 2 LGAs (Ipswich, Townsville, Cairns, Toowoomba, Mackay, Noosa)
- • SARA Schedule 9 referral trigger detection
- • Branded PDF download with disclaimer + cover
- • AI plain-English summary of every control
- • Persistent dashboard for repeat searches
This QLD Property Snapshot is aggregated from publicly available state and local government datasets (Queensland cadastre, LGA boundaries, Priority Development Areas, State Development Areas, Matters of State Environmental Significance). It is general information only and is not an official council planning report. Always confirm planning controls directly with the relevant local government before relying on this information for design decisions, contracts, or development applications.
Town Planning Online accepts no liability for omissions, errors, or out-of-date information in source datasets.