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 scheme permits.
Where Tasmania catches people out
The searches cover it
They disclose what is registered and the headline controls. They do not tell your client whether an extension, a second dwelling or a subdivision would be permitted or discretionary on that title.
A restriction on the folio looks routine
A restriction or easement can defeat a client's plans outright regardless of zone, and it survives planning approval. Worth flagging before your client is committed.
The zone is noted, the codes are not
The codes — bushfire, landslip, coastal, heritage — apply independently of the zone and are frequently what decides whether the client's plan is straightforward or not.
What to use, and when
TAS Planning Insight
$39A client-forwardable answer for a specific proposal at that address, read from the zone and codes applying to the title.
Folio of the Register
from $58Folio, plan and dealings ordered directly, including the instrument behind a restriction.
TAS 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 folio when the answer may sit on the instrument rather than in the scheme.
General information about the Tasmania 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.