Preliminary Planning Report$150

Know where your site stands
before you spend a cent on design.

A professional-grade desktop assessment for any South East Queensland address — approval likelihood, the application pathway, the documents and consultants you’ll need, the QDC items to design to, infrastructure charges, and comparable approvals nearby.

  • Code vs impact assessment + the application type required
  • Approval likelihood from comparable council decisions
  • Documents & consultants required, with indicative costs
  • QDC items to brief your architect and engineer on
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A town planner’s preliminary advice costs $500–$1,500 and takes weeks. Casa delivers a data-grounded assessment in minutes for $150.

Same questions answered — can I build it, what pathway, what will it cost, how long will it take — grounded in the real council decisions of South East Queensland instead of a quoted opinion.

What you get

What’s in your report

Know exactly where you stand before you spend a cent on design.

Approval likelihood

An evidence-based read on how proposals like yours have fared, drawn from comparable decided development applications near your site.

Code vs impact pathway

Whether your proposal is code or impact assessable, and exactly which application type you need to lodge.

Site constraints & buildable area

Zoning, overlays and site constraints mapped against your parcel, with the practical buildable envelope they leave you.

Precedent evidence

Comparable approved DAs near you, with real application numbers cited — so every claim in the report is traceable to a council decision.

Infrastructure charges estimate

What council is likely to levy for your development type and scale, under the current adopted charges resolution.

Documents, consultants & costs

The documents and consultants your DA will genuinely need, with indicative costs — plus the QDC items to brief your architect and engineer on.

Statutory timeline

The assessment timeframes that apply to your application type, so you know how long the process should take.

A3 site analysis plan

A drawn site analysis plan of your parcel on real cadastral geometry — ready to hand to your architect or engineer.

Every report includes

  • Code vs impact assessment + the application type required
  • Approval likelihood from comparable council decisions
  • Documents & consultants required, with indicative costs
  • QDC items to brief your architect and engineer on
  • Infrastructure charges estimate
  • Comparable approved DAs near you
  • Delivered to your inbox in minutes

An intelligence report to help you plan your DA — not legal advice, a lodged application, or a guarantee of approval. Always verify against the current planning scheme before lodging.

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Why trust it

Grounded in real council decisions, not opinion

The most complete planning dataset in South East Queensland sits behind every report.

285,000+

SEQ development applications

Your report is grounded in the real, decided development applications of South East Queensland — not generic advice.

All 8

SEQ planning schemes tracked

We track the current planning scheme, codes and overlays for every South East Queensland council — kept up to date.

Cited

real application numbers

The precedents in your report cite real council application numbers, so you can verify every comparable yourself.

Questions

Straightforward answers

What people ask before they buy the report.

A professional-grade desktop assessment of a single South East Queensland address: your approval likelihood, whether the application is code or impact assessable, your site constraints and buildable area, the documents and consultants your DA will need with indicative costs, infrastructure charges, the statutory timeline, comparable approved DAs nearby, and an A3 site analysis plan. It exists so you know exactly where you stand before you spend a cent on design.

Free block check

Not ready for the full report? Check your block free.

An instant snapshot of your address — Casa Score, zone and overlay position — so you know whether the full report is worth it.

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Enter any SEQ address for an instant snapshot: your block’s Casa Score, zone and overlay position — before you spend anything.

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Get a professional-grade Preliminary Planning Report for any South East Queensland address — $150, delivered in minutes. When you’re ready, our development professional runs the whole DA for you.