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Instantly assess CDC potential for residential projects.

Generate property-specific reports instantly using our policy engine that assesses the unique potential and restrictions for residential complying development on any address in NSW. Immediate email delivery after ordering.

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Maximise building potential and minimise planning costs

Data and knowledge is key to making the right decisions. Our robust, accurate and verifiable property reports will get you there, faster.

Rigorous

Our proprietary engine runs 60-80 unique checks across all small residential building types - single dwellings, duplexes, granny flats, and more.

Informed

Our engine is loaded with all of the CDC requirements, checking an enormous dataset of planning maps, lot geometry, and other key data to determine CDC potential.

Instant

Our engine will analyze all the details of your site against the requirements and generate a report within 60 seconds. You'll have answers in a minute rather than hours trawling through legislation.

Here's what you'll learn

We are planning experts and we've read all the rules to give you answers. For your lot, we will tell you:

Why complying development (CDC) is easier, faster, and cheaper than a development application (DA)
Whether your land is capable of getting a CDC
Which building types are possible and what overall limits apply for each one
Which design parameters you must follow
The documents and reports you'll need
A simple step-by-step checklist you can follow
How quickly CDCs get approved in your LGA
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Save weeks or months

Ordinary development applications (DA) can often take months to be assessed by Council. Complying development (CDC) is usually approved much faster if your proposal meets certain requirements.

75 days

DA assessed by council staff

22 days

CDC assessed by council staff

13 days

CDC assessed by private certifier


FY20 average application assessment times - Data from NSW Govt

Who is this report for?

Check this list to see how our report fits into your situation.

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Architects and builders

  • You have started working with a client who wants to expand or build new on a residential property.
  • You would like to do a CDC but it's time-consuming to check all the SEPP and LEP clauses and maps to get an answer.
  • With this site-specific report detailing what you're allowed to build with CDC, you can confidently design for a rapid approval.
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Homeowners

  • You're considering renovations, a granny flat, or a knock down rebuild, and you might have already worked with an architect or builder on plans.
  • You could get stuck waiting months for a slow and costly development application that might be rejected if Council doesn't like it.
  • This personalised report helps inform your design process to enable a rapid and automatic approval with a CDC.
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Buyer and seller agents

  • You're helping a client buy or sell a property, and they want to know what they can do with it.
  • You don't have the time to check all the SEPP and LEP clauses and maps to get an answer.
  • This site-specific analysis gives you a quick answer so you can confidently advise your clients about several property options.
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Small developers

  • If you're running small property development projects, you know that holding costs and market movements can kill your margins.
  • You need to be able to execute a project from purchase to build to sale as quickly as possible, while utilising all of the allowable build potential.
  • This site-specific report gives you the crucial steps to ensure your project benefits from a quick complying development approval.
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Property investors

  • Your property asset could be worth much more with significant building work.
  • You can't afford to wait up to a year for a development application to be approved when the market is turning.
  • With this personalised report you'll have the confidence to move ahead with a complying development proposal for rapid approval.
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Got any questions?

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