Know what a greenfield site can potentially yield, before you buy it
Rural land comes with a brochure that says "development potential". This tells you how much of it you can actually build on, what it's worth, and what's still to do, from the lot number alone.
Every report brings together the state's and council's map layers, a concept layout of the lots, a value weighed by the chance of rezoning and a due diligence plan with costs. We're building it now, for NSW, Victoria and Queensland first.
The brochure says 38.8 ha. Here's what you can actually build on.
24.3 ha
Every constraint comes off once, in this order, from the government's own maps. Creek corridors are sized by the creek, then flood land, protected bushland, steep land and bushfire buffers.
Tap a layer to hide or show it. Switch on the concept lots to see roads and lots sketched across the land you can build on, and try 3D to lift them off the land. In 3D, drag the map to turn it, and double-click to put it back.
One report with the numbers that decide the deal
The answer first
The asking price against what the site supports, and the chance of rezoning it needs. You know whether to walk away, make an offer or negotiate before you spend a cent on studies.
The land, mapped
Every constraint taken off once, so you see how much is left to build on and how many lots that is.
What it's worth
Profit and yearly return if it's rezoned, the loss if it isn't, and how much cash is tied up at once.
Your due diligence plan
Every check and study still to do, in order, with what each costs and how long it takes.
The groundwork, done before you call a consultant
Before a planner can tell you what a site can yield, someone has to pull every map, measure what each constraint takes and work out what's left. That's a good chunk of the upfront work, and it's what this report does.
Every map in one place
The state's and council's maps for the site, pulled together, each with its source and date.
The measuring done
Each constraint measured and taken off once, so you start with a real land figure, not the brochure's.
The right questions ready
What's still unknown, and which studies to ask for, so a consultant's brief is short and clear.
You'll most likely still need a planner or consultant for a site you go ahead with. But you'll only pay for one on the sites worth it, and you'll go to them with the groundwork already in hand.
Know what due diligence will cost before you start
Every check and study the site needs, in the order you'd do them, with costs and approvals. Tick them off as you go, and the report shows your progress.
$238k to $597k
Studies budget for the sample site.
- ✓Ask council where the site sits in its housing strategy and the regional planDecides the chance of rezoning, the biggest unknown in the price.Free
- Order a title searchEasements and covenants the maps don't show can take land.Low
- Biodiversity Development Assessment Report2.4 ha on the Biodiversity Values Map. Seasonal surveys can stretch this past six months.$35k to $90k
- Flood impact assessment6.0 ha in the flood planning area$25k to $70k
How it works
- Enter the lots or the addressA property of several lots comes in as one site.
- We load the government mapsZoning, flood, protected bushland, bushfire, creeks, heritage and easements, each with its source and date.
- Add what you knowYour flood study, survey, ecology report or sales replace the public maps. Your files stay in your own workspace.
- Share the reportUnder your own name and logo, as a PDF for your partners, lender or investors.
Who it's for
Developers
A clear "no" on most of the sites you're sent, and a solid "maybe" on the few worth chasing.
Investors and lenders
The same analysis in the same layout for every deal, so you can compare them and see the downside, not just the pitch.
Planners and consultants
The maps and measuring done up front, set out the same way every time, so your time goes on the judgement calls.
What it is, and what it isn't
It's a screening tool: an honest first look that does the upfront work before you brief a consultant. It isn't a planner's assessment, a valuation or financial advice. Every report says what it couldn't check, such as flood land where no flood map is published, so you know where the figures may read high.
We've tested it against published planning proposals. On a Goulburn site, the land it found to build on came within 11% of the planner's figure, from public maps alone.
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