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For environmental, planning & engineering teams

A working GIS, a complete constraint screen, and a full written assessment.

A day of desktop constraint screening, in minutes.

SiteCensus queries 450+ live government layers against your site in a single run, resolves them into structured findings, and produces the assessment document — with the reasoning and the full record behind it.

Queensland from 31 August 2026 · New South Wales next · No install, no GIS licence

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The SiteCensus workspace: a study area on the map with constraint layers switched on and the layers panel open alongside
Used across environmental consulting, infrastructure and government
450+Live layers
5 + 1Categories
1988Imagery baseline
5 mLiDAR terrain
The problem

The desktop screen costs a day — and you pay it again on every change

The data is authoritative and public. Assembling it into an answer is where the time and the risk sit, and the bill arrives more than once per project.

~1 DAY

Retrieval, per site

Commonwealth and State instruments sit on separate services run by separate agencies, under different names for overlapping matters. A dozen portals, worked by hand.

× EVERY CHANGE

And again, and again

Move the boundary, add an alternative alignment or widen the scope and the entire search repeats. The cost is not one day — it is one day per iteration.

2× THE WORK

Review repeats it

Two people screening the same site produce different results, so a reviewer redoes the search rather than checking the reasoning. Senior time is spent twice.

LATE + COSTLY

Gaps surface late

A dataset nobody opened appears once the design is fixed and the application lodged, when resolving it costs a redesign rather than an afternoon.

The platform

Data. Analysis. Assessment.

One workspace that queries authoritative data live, resolves it into structured findings, and produces the document that goes on file.

Define & screen

One intersect, every layer that could apply

Establish the study area however suits the job, choose what to check, and run a single intersect across every enabled layer whose data could reach the site. Everything is off by default, so a run reflects a deliberate scope.

  • Draw a polygon, or upload SHP, GeoJSON or KML
  • Lot/plan, address and coordinate search
  • Setback buffer, reported separately from the site
  • Proximity querying beyond the boundary
Define
Defining a study area — a drawn boundary with a setback buffer, the layer library open, and the six constraint categories listed with their switches
Structured analysis

Findings that are counted once

Overlaps are dissolved so one constraint is counted once. Findings group into five categories with area, percentage of site, and separate site and buffer figures. Each is matched to the instrument it triggers, the pathway and the administering agency.

  • Hectares and % of site, site against buffer
  • Statutory triggers flagged, MNES and MSES grouped
  • Species with NCA and EPBC status
  • Confirmed records and modelled habitat kept separate
Review
The Review step — a constraint rating with the reasoning printed beneath it, category tiles showing counts per category, and findings flagged as statutory triggers with their overlap in hectares
A written assessment

The document that goes on file

A branded report, in full or tailored through a short project intake, carrying the constraint rating and the rule behind it, the trigger matrix, extent of overlap, conservation-significant species, recommendations, limitations and the complete layer register.

  • Trigger matrix — legislation, pathway, agency, timeframe
  • Appendix A layer register, with licences
  • RE to Commonwealth TEC crosswalk
  • PDF, Word, CSV and GeoJSON
Report — PDF
A generated SiteCensus assessment report, showing the constraint rating and the regulatory trigger matrix with legislation, approval pathway and administering agency
Work the map

A workspace, not a results screen

Terrain from national elevation data, four decades of satellite record, and a print composer that produces the figure for the report instead of a screenshot.

  • GA 5 m LiDAR DEM with automatic SRTM fallback
  • Elevation, slope, hillshade and terrain profiles
  • Imagery 1988 to present, land cover, surface water
  • Print composer — legend, scale bar, north arrow, inset
Terrain
Terrain across the study area — elevation and slope derived from the 5 m LiDAR digital elevation model, with relief shading over the site
Coverage

Five constraint categories, plus context

All layers sourced live from government and other authoritative services. Update frequency varies by custodian and is recorded per layer in the application.

Remnant ecosystems & vegetation
Fauna & biodiversity
Physical / abiotic
Habitat & priority areas
Protected areas & tenure
Background / context — reported, not counted
Solutions by sector

One assessment, three requirements

The same structured output answers a different question depending on who is holding it.

Environmental consulting

Every new site needs the same desktop constraint picture before anything else can proceed. Specialist time goes into interpretation rather than retrieval, and a reviewer checks the reasoning instead of repeating the search.

  • Report structure supplied
  • Consistent between staff
  • Defensible on review

Engineering & infrastructure

Route and layout decisions lock in early. Screening at concept stage turns a trigger into a design input rather than a redesign, a resubmission and a schedule impact. Corridors screen section by section.

  • Screen at concept stage
  • Proximity beyond the boundary
  • Approval pathways attached

Government & approvals

The same constraint picture across every project, from the same live data, produced the same way each time. An officer can screen a site a consultant has written about and compare, without commissioning further work.

  • Consistent across projects
  • Independent verification
  • Procurement ready
Method

How the assessment is produced

A screen is only useful if the output can be checked. Four things are fixed by design.

Queried live, not cached

Every layer is fetched from the custodian's REST service at the moment the assessment runs. Currency is shown per layer in the application.

Coverage is stated

A layer that fails its query is reported as failed rather than returned as zero. A service that cannot be reached is named, with its subject matter marked not covered. A run with no layers selected will not proceed.

The rating rule is fixed

Printed in the report with the matching row marked, and not adjustable from it. Modelled evidence never raises the rating on its own.

Counts reconcile

Layers queried, layers returning features, distinct constraints and total features are stated with the reasons they differ. A layer exposed twice is counted once.

Worked example — from spatial hit to approval pathway
Finding
Ramsar wetland present
Instrument
EPBC Act 1999 (Cth), Div 2 Pt 3
Pathway
Referral, controlled action s68
Agency
DCCEEW
Indicative
20 to 60 business days
Scope

What SiteCensus is not

Stated here, and restated in every report.

Desktop screening, not field validation. It does not assess condition or significance on the ground.

A spatial intersect is binary. It establishes that a constraint is present, not how significant it is on your site.

Not legal advice. Statutory triggers and timeframes are indicative and must be verified with the administering agency.

A finding of no intersection is not a clearance under any legislation.

RE and regulated vegetation mapping is broad scale and indicative at property scale. Ground-truthing or a PMAV is required before clearing decisions.

Species records are presence-only and historical, precision up to 10 km. Absence of a record is not evidence of absence.

Uploaded and connected layers are reference-only and are not screened.

Queensland launches 31 August 2026, New South Wales follows. The platform is in final testing.

National coverage

Built state by state

Each state version is built against that jurisdiction's own legislation, datasets and agencies, which is why they are released one at a time. Every subscription includes each new state as it launches, at no additional cost.

QLD31 August
NSWNext
VICComing
WAComing
SAComing
TASComing
NTComing
ACTComing
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

All prices in AUD, GST added at checkout. Every plan includes the full platform and every new state as it launches.

Founding rate · 20% off

Solo

1 user

$149$119

per month · or $1,190/yr — 2 months free

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Founding rate · 20% off

Team

5 users — add or remove anytime, no seat cliffs

$397$318

per month · $3,180/yr — approx. $64/user

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$5
of every subscription goes to wildlife conservation, every month. Split between the Australian Wildlife Conservancy and Wildlife Queensland, at no additional cost to you. Tracked against subscriptions, so the figure is verifiable.

Included on every plan

  • 450+ live spatial layers
  • All constraint categories, plus context
  • Lot/plan, address and coordinate search
  • Draw boundary, upload GeoJSON / KML / SHP
  • Buffer analysis and proximity querying
  • Full or Tailored reports, via project intake
  • Branded PDF & Word, with full layer register
  • Print composer for branded map figures
  • CSV & GeoJSON export
  • Unlimited saved projects
  • Every new state added free — your rate never rises
  • Email sign-in, no password to manage

Founding rate. Available from launch on 31 August 2026. Subscribe before 30 September 2026, or before our second state goes live — whichever comes first — and your rate stays fixed for as long as you're subscribed. More than 15 users, purchase orders, or a government agency? Tailored terms are available. Registered charities, conservation and Landcare groups qualify for discounted pricing.

Profit for purpose

$5 of every subscription, every month, funds wildlife conservation

Split between the Australian Wildlife Conservancy and Wildlife Queensland. BioGeo is a profit-for-purpose business, so the contribution is structural rather than promotional, and continues for as long as the subscription runs.

Per subscription, per month

$5 from every subscription each month, at no additional cost to the subscriber.

Built by practitioners

BioGeo is a geospatial and ecological science consultancy. SiteCensus was built for work BioGeo does itself.

Tracked and reported

Contributions are tracked against subscriptions, so the amount is verifiable rather than indicative.

FAQ

Common questions

Anything not covered here — email info@biogeo.com.au and we'll get back to you promptly.

Is this the same data as the government portals?

SiteCensus queries the same authoritative REST endpoints the agency portals use. The difference is that it runs them together against one study area and produces an assessment document. No government portal spans Commonwealth and State in a single intersect.

How current is the data?

Every layer is fetched live from the custodian endpoint at the time of assessment. There is no locally cached data. Update frequency varies by layer and custodian, and is shown per layer in the application.

How many layers are queried in a run?

The library holds 450+ layers. A run queries every enabled layer whose data could reach the study area and skips only those that geographically cannot, so the number is site-specific. Each report states how many were queried and how many returned features, and Appendix A lists every one individually.

How is the constraint rating determined?

By a fixed rule, evaluated top down. The rule is printed in the report with the matching row marked, and the thresholds are not adjustable from the report. Modelled or potential-habitat evidence can inform the narrative but never raises the rating on its own.

What happens when a government service is unavailable?

It is recorded. A layer that fails its query is reported as failed rather than returned as zero, and a service that cannot be loaded is named in the report with its subject matter marked as not covered.

Can the reports be used in a development application?

They are suitable as supporting material in desktop assessments, EIS appendices, flora and fauna assessments and preliminary constraint reports. Results are indicative and require verification with the relevant data custodian before being relied on for statutory decisions.

Is it useful if I am not an ecologist?

Yes. The library covers ecological, abiotic, hazard, tenure and planning data. Planners, engineers and government officers use it to understand or independently verify what is on a site without producing the assessment themselves.

Does BioGeo compete with its subscribers?

No. Outside SiteCensus, BioGeo's work is geospatial science and ecological modelling: corridor connectivity, habitat suitability modelling and remote sensing. BioGeo does not offer desktop ecological assessments, DA support or field ecology.

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