About Upzone
Upzone is Australia’s planning-aware property intelligence platform. We combine zoning controls, planning overlays, development feasibility, DA activity, and market data into a single search — so professionals shaping the built environment can make faster, more informed decisions.
Every result is sourced from official government planning instruments, spatial datasets, and council portals. Every constraint is cited to the clause. Every assessment is backed by data, not guesswork.
The problem
A $12 trillion market, flying blind
Australia’s residential property market is the largest asset class in the country — and decisions are still made on incomplete data. Planning information is fragmented across dozens of government portals, PDF instruments, and council websites. Understanding what you can build on a single site means cross-referencing LEPs, DCPs, SEPPs, overlay maps, DA trackers, and spatial datasets.
Upzone consolidates all of this into one platform. We ingest and structure official planning data, precompute constraints for every parcel, and present clear, cited answers to the questions that matter: What are the rules? What can I build? What has council approved? What’s the site worth?
113 days
Average time for NSW councils to determine a DA — three times the statutory 40-day target.
40%
Of developer feasibility models contain material errors that affect investment decisions.
$50K+
Typical cost when a DA is refused — consultant fees, holding costs, and resubmission.
What we stand for
Transparency
Every data point is cited to its official source — the LEP clause, the DCP provision, the council portal. No black boxes.
Accuracy
We source directly from government planning instruments and spatial datasets. When the rules change, our data changes with them.
Efficiency
What used to take hours of cross-referencing portals, PDFs, and mapping tools now takes a single search.
Capabilities
What powers Upzone
Feasibility modelling
Scenario-based IRR and residual land value models calibrated to local construction costs and comparable sales.
DA intelligence
Track DA lodgement velocity, approval rates, and median assessment times by council and zone. Spot trends before they surface.
Full audit trail
Every flag, score, and recommendation traces back to a legislative clause, council DCP, or data source.
Under the hood
Built different
Rule engine, not rule database
We don’t just store planning rules — we evaluate them. Council-specific logic, state defaults, and legislative clauses compose at runtime to produce site-specific answers.
Probabilistic layer
Historical DA outcomes train approval-likelihood models per council, zone, and development type. Confidence intervals, not just pass/fail.
Every parcel, every rule
One decision engine covers every residential parcel in NSW — precomputed constraints, live DA feeds, and feasibility flags updated as legislation changes.
Trust
Information you can verify
Our insights are built directly from public government records, gazetted planning schemes, and historical development applications.
- ✓Sourced from official council and state government data.
- ✓Transparent reasoning for every predicted outcome.
- ✓Built to strict Australian privacy and data security standards.
Built for professionals
Upzone is used by property developers, town planners, architects, valuers, real estate agents, and property buyers across New South Wales. Whether you’re assessing a site for development, preparing a planning submission, or conducting due diligence before a purchase, Upzone gives you the planning context you need in seconds.
See it for yourself
Search any property in NSW and see the full planning picture.