What's within 500 m of the place you're about to buy?
The listing describes the property. We describe the ground around it: approvals, contamination, noise, licensed venues and flood risk, every one of them measured from your front door. Not that far along yet? Type a suburb instead and read the neighbourhood first.
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Find the right suburb →This is a worked example, not your address. Distances are measured from the front door, and your own report places every finding on a street map.
Building approvals
What's been approved to be built nearby
Contaminated land
Sites on the NSW EPA register
Noise sources
Roads modelled at high noise, and rail corridors
Licensed venues
Pubs and clubs, with trading hours
Newcastle DA Tracker · Lake Macquarie ePathway · NSW EPA Contaminated Land Register · NSW Liquor & Gaming · TfNSW traffic data Collected weekly
Example: what we found around 1 Union Street, Wickham
64 homes on Bishopsgate Street59 apartments and 5 terraces in an 11-storey building, still under assessment
ApprovalHannell StreetTrunk road, modelled at high noise
NoiseHeavy rail corridorNewcastle Interchange 247 m away. Constant train movements, announcements and braking, early and late
Train noiseLass O’Gowrie HotelHotel licence, trading to 3am
LicenceFuchs Lubricants, former worksUnder investigation on the NSW EPA register
ContaminationThe Wickham, corner Hannell and Dangar Streets38 storeys on the former Bowline site, Newcastle’s tallest proposed building, state significant development
ApprovalNotes
What this covers
Every street address across Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, NSW, over 130+ suburbs across both council areas. Houses, units and vacant land.
Where the data comes from
Newcastle City Council's DA Tracker, Lake Macquarie Council ePathway, NSW Valuer General property sales, NSW Liquor & Gaming venue licensing, the NSW EPA Contaminated Land Register, BOCSAR crime statistics, TfNSW traffic data, and council flood and hazard mapping. Collected weekly and cross-referenced across sources.
How this differs from a conveyancer's search
A conveyancer searches your specific property title, zoning, easements and encumbrances on your lot. We search everything around it within 500 m. A conveyancer won't tell you about a contaminated former fuel terminal three streets over, the apartments already approved behind you, or the hotel next door trading late.
What a report costs
Standard reports are $29 and cover development, noise, contamination, location context and a summary for any address in Newcastle or Lake Macquarie. Professional reports are $49 and add sales analysis, signal intelligence and a timeline showing how the area has changed over time.
What's approved near an address
Enter any Newcastle or Lake Macquarie address on the check page to see every development application within 500 m, apartment towers, mixed-use schemes, renovations and subdivisions, from both council areas. Updated weekly.
Contaminated land
Check any address to see sites on the NSW EPA Contaminated Land Register within 500 m, with their classification: significantly contaminated, remediation required, or remediated, the distance from your address and the type of contamination. Your conveyancer checks your lot, not the industrial site down the road.
Limitations
Findings are drawn from public registers and are experimental. Distances are straight-line from the geocoded address. This isn't financial advice and doesn't replace a building or pest inspection.