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Plain-Language Council Permit Translator

Small business owners spend days deciphering council development applications and zoning rules. A tool that parses DA documents and returns a simple eligibility checklist and timeline would save enormous time and legal fees.


Market Size

Planning consultant fees cost Australian SMEs an estimated $800M annually

Tech Approach

LLM document parsing, council LEP/DCP ingestion pipeline, plain-language generation, eligibility checker

Deep Dive

Development Applications (DAs) and council zoning instruments in Australia are written in dense legal language that routinely causes small business owners to either abandon projects or pay thousands in planning consultant fees. Each council publishes its LEP and DCP documents publicly, but they are often hundreds of pages of cross-referenced clauses. An LLM-powered tool that ingests a council zoning document and a plain-language description of a proposed use, then returns a simple eligibility summary and required permits checklist, would have immediate commercial value.


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