Draftly
Draftly · For design & construct builders

The whole approval job, coordinated.

From planning constraints and site analysis through engineering, drawings and the submission pack — one connected workflow for the project, attached structures included. Less coordination across five consultants, fewer surprises under approval pressure.

~20MINUTES From an address to a council-ready submission — constraints, siting, engineering and drawings carried through without re-keying.
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In the same run, we verify the block against official government data — then you place the build on the real lot
VerifiedZone & overlaysFrom the official planning scheme — never guessed.
VerifiedReal lot boundaryThe titled parcel, drawn over the aerial.
CheckedHazards & easementsFound, verified-clear, or could-not-check — said honestly.

Verified planning data: VIC · NSW · QLD · TAS · ACT  —  SA / WA / NT in manual-entry mode

One connected workflow

From address to approval, in one workflow.

The verified site flows straight through to the engineered frame and the lodgement pack. Each step builds on the last — nothing is entered twice, so the whole run takes minutes, not weeks.

01

Address

Start with the property address. That's the whole input.

02

Research

Zone, overlays and lot boundary pulled from official council data.

03

Siting

Place the frame on the block within the rules that apply.

04

Compliance

Members sized to AS/NZS standards — steel, timber, concrete.

05

Submission

Council-ready drawings to AS1100, with BOMs, ready to send.

START TO FINISH · about twenty minutes
The output, not a promise

Verified government planning data. Nothing is guessed.

Every planning fact — zone, overlays, the real lot boundary, setbacks, height limits — comes straight from official government data for that exact block. Anything that can't be verified is left out, never invented.

That full analysis is what makes the twenty minutes possible: the verified site feeds the engineered frame and the drawings directly, so nothing is re-keyed and nothing waits on a consultant.

N FLOOD · LSIO 2.0 m DRAINAGE EASEMENT (E-1) EXISTING DWELLING PROPOSED STUDIO 1.5m 5.0m REAR BOUNDARY · 15.24 m · 270°15' FRONT BOUNDARY · 15.24 m · 90°15' SIDE BOUNDARY · 40.23 m SIDE BOUNDARY · 40.23 m ACACIA STREET 14 Acacia St, Brunswick VIC 3056 DRAFTLY · SITE INTELLIGENCE SHEET S-000 · REV A SITE NOTES 1. 2.0 m drainage easement (E-1) along rear boundary — no permanent structures; Build-Over consent required. 2. Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO) to rear — finished floor min. 300 mm above 1% AEP flood level. 3. Max building height 9.0 m (GRZ1). Proposed studio 3.5 m to ridge — complies. LOT / PLAN12 / PS123456 ZONEGRZ1 — Gen. Residential OVERLAYLSIO (flood) HEIGHT LIMIT9.0 m max SCALE / DATE1:200 @ A3 · 21.06.26 ✓ VERIFIED — GOVERNMENT DATA
Example — the verified site plan Draftly builds from an address
Guided, not a blank CAD screen

It walks you through the job, field by field.

Draftly asks for what it needs in plain language and marks each panel that's waiting on you. Fill it in correctly and the panel settles to done — so a glance shows exactly what's left before the pack is ready.

Each input flows into the next stage automatically — so planning, engineering and drawings stay in sync, and the job stops bouncing between separate tools.

Property address Needs you

Start typing the address of the block — pick the match and we pull the official records.

Project type ✓ Done

Pergola / outdoor structure — this sets which planning rules apply and shapes the approval path.

Boundary dimensions Needs you

Width and depth of the block. Don't have exact figures? Put in what you know and we work the rest out together.

On site, on your phone — full capability.

Not a stripped-back viewer. The full Draftly workspace runs on your phone or tablet, so you can check constraints, site a structure and update the submission set standing on the block.

Why builders use it

One workflow, from constraints to submission.

Coordinated, not fragmented

One connected chain

Planning constraints, siting, engineering and drawings live in one workflow — so the job stops bouncing between five separate tools and consultants.

Verified, never guessed

Constraints up front

Zone, overlays, easements and the approval pathway pulled from official government data before design starts — so you price and plan against the real rules.

Real engineering

Sized to AS/NZS

Members sized and load-checked to AS/NZS standards, with council-ready output to AS1100 — attached structures included, without a separate engineer round-trip each time.

Ready to lodge

The submission pack

State-specific, council-ready documents packaged for lodgement — drawings, plans and the supporting set, ready to submit.

See it on your own block

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