The planning question, answered in your timeframe
Clients ask what they can do with the land. The searches disclose what is registered, not what the Code permits.
Where South Australia catches people out
The statutory searches cover it
They disclose what is registered and the headline controls. They do not tell your client whether the Code envisages a second dwelling, an extension or a division on that parcel.
An encumbrance looks routine
An encumbrance or easement can defeat a client's plans outright regardless of zone, and it survives planning consent. Worth flagging before your client is committed.
The zone is noted, the variations are not
The zone is the headline. The Technical and Numeric Variations applied to that land are what set the figures, and they differ parcel to parcel within the same zone.
What to use, and when
SA Planning Insight
$39A client-forwardable answer for a specific proposal at that address, read from the policy applying to the parcel.
Certificate of Title & Plan
from $64Title, plan and dealings ordered directly, including the instrument behind an encumbrance.
SA Planning Reports
From $399When a purchase turns on a development outcome and the client needs a planner's written position.
Getting started
Free snapshot to triage, $39 Insight when the client has a specific plan, and the title when the answer may sit on the instrument rather than in the Code.
General information about the South Australia planning system, not advice on a particular site. What applies to a property depends on its zone, the controls affecting it and what is proposed.