Australia's Development
Application Database
Search 36 years of DA history. Build with our API. The data layer for Australian property intelligence.
Search is free. PDF report $29.95. API access from $49/mo.
Four ways to access DA data
From one-off property checks to daily lead feeds and enterprise data.
DA Lead Feeds
Every new DA matching your trade and territory, emailed each morning. Project value + business applicant included.
Get leads →DA History Reports
Full development history for any address. Property DAs + neighbourhood activity + PDF download.
Search an address →REST API
Standardised JSON API. Search, filter, geographic queries, webhooks. Replace 290 council scrapers with one integration.
Read the docs →DA Alerts
Get notified when new DAs are lodged in your suburbs. Monitor competitor projects and neighbourhood activity.
Set up alerts →Built for every property professional
Buyers Agents & Conveyancers
Check DA history before a client buys — every approval, refusal and neighbour project within metres of the exact address.
Developers & Builders
Scout any site by radius: competitor projects and approvals nearby, approval rates by council, and land opportunities from DA patterns.
PropTech & Valuers
One API replaces scraping 290 council portals. Drop in radius/proximity search and standardised DA data nationally.
Lenders & Enterprise
Assess development risk around any security address with 36 years of data. Bulk feeds, SLA, and dedicated support.
National coverage, state by state
Records from every state and territory, updated three times per week.
One API. Every council.
Stop scraping 290 council portals. Get standardised DA data through a single REST API with filtering, geographic search, and real-time webhooks.
- Consistent JSON schema across all councils
- Geographic radius + bounding box search
- Webhooks on new DAs, status changes, decisions
- Enriched: cost, applicant, decision, category
curl -H "X-API-Key: cda_pro_abc123" \
"https://api.council-da.com/v1/applications/nearby?
lat=-33.8136&
lng=151.0034&
radius_km=0.5"{
"total": 47,
"search_point": { "radius_km": 0.5 },
"data": [{
"da_number": "DA/2024/0892",
"address": "32 Smith St, Parramatta 2150",
"category": "Residential",
"estimated_cost": 1250000,
"distance_km": 0.18,
"lodged_date": "2024-03-15"
}, ...]
}Find every development near any address
Proximity search over 4.85M geocoded DAs. Type an address and see what's being built nearby — distance-ranked, the same query your code makes against the API.
Start typing an address to see every development application near it — ranked by distance. This is the same data the /applications/nearby API returns.
Simple, transparent pricing
Start free. Scale as you grow.
Trusted by property professionals
“We replaced 3 separate data providers with Council DA's API. One integration, national coverage, and the data freshness is unmatched.”
“I check every property on Council DA before making an offer. Knowing the full DA history — approvals, refusals, neighbour projects — gives me confidence.”
“The API saved our team weeks of manual council portal searches. We now pull DA data into our risk models automatically.”
Business records, not people's personal data
Council DA is built from public council records — and we draw a hard line at personal information. We never sell individuals' names or contact details. Where we surface the party behind a development, it's a registered business only.
No individuals' personal data
Homeowners' names and contact details are never sold. Applicant leads are ABN-registered businesses only — B2B, by design.
Public records, sourced fairly
Development applications are public information published by councils. We aggregate the facts — costs, categories, status — not private detail.
Compliance-first
Built to respect Australian privacy law from the ground up, so the data you build on won't become tomorrow's liability.