Validate approval appetite before you invest in design
Zoning tells you what you can build legally. Validate tells you what actually gets approved. Compare council approval rates, see development type patterns, track cost bands, and monitor weekly approval trends. Close the gap between planning theory and approval reality before committing to design work.
NSW-wide coverage. Updated daily.
Close the gap between legally allowed and actually approved
Zoning shows what's possible. Validate shows what's happening. Track daily approval activity, high-value project patterns, and postcode-level development trends to validate market appetite before you invest in design.
- Daily activity - See real-time approval volumes across NSW updated every 24 hours.
- High-value projects - Track where major developments are getting approved and at what cost bands.
- By postcode - Filter development patterns by location to understand local approval trends.
- Development type breakdown - Treemap shows relative volumes: dwelling houses, apartments, alterations, commercial.
Metrics tracked
Data from NSW Planning Portal, processed and charted daily.
21,694
CDCs approved (last 30 days)
98
Active councils tracked
$2.4B
Average development cost
Daily
Data refresh frequency
Activity by development type
See the breakdown of development applications by type: dwelling houses, alterations, commercial, industrial. Treemap visualization shows relative volumes.
- Compare volumes across development categories
- Click to drill down into subcategories
- Filter by date range
Compare councils
See which councils have the most activity. Compare approval volumes across different LGAs to understand where development is concentrated.
- Ranked by application volume
- Filter by development type
- Compare approval rates
Development by value
Understand the market by seeing development applications grouped by estimated cost. Track high-value projects and identify investment trends.
- Projects grouped by cost bands
- Track high-value developments
- Compare investment across areas
Track weekly trends
See how development activity changes week to week. Identify seasonal patterns and track market momentum.
CDC activity by building code
Complying Development Certificates broken down by building code classification. See what types of CDC work are most common.
Who uses Validate
Developers
Validate project type before investing. Compare approval rates and timeframes across councils. See which development types have higher approval volumes. Track weekly trends to understand market momentum.
Planners
Back up advice with data. Show clients actual approval patterns by council and development type. Real precedent evidence, not guesswork.
Researchers
Track market trends across 98 councils. Cost band distributions. Development type shifts. Weekly approval velocity. The only analytics layer on NSW Planning Portal data.