Planning controls for Victoria and New South Wales, written against the ordinance.Read the library
Lesson 2 of 5

Read the property panel

5 min

Area, frontage, title, zone, overlays, risk and applications on one parcel.

Selecting a parcel opens the property panel, with a step bar across its top: "Planning", "Design" and "Feasibility". This lesson stays on Planning, which is the planning read-out for the parcel.

  1. 1

    Check the headline measurements

    Under the address are the parcel's "Area" in m², its "Frontage" in metres and its "Aspect".

  2. 2

    Read the title reference

    "Lot / plan" shows the lot and plan. "Local government area" names the council.

  3. 3

    Open the zone

    Under "Zone", each applicable zone is listed. Click a zone to highlight its extent on the map; click again to clear it.

  4. 4

    Check the overlays

  5. 5

    Scan risk and history

  6. 6

    Handle stacked and multi-unit sites

  7. 7

    Look at the street (when available)