Council-ready planning documents in twenty minutes.
A full site analysis — setbacks, overlays, the real lot boundary and the approval pathway — plus a complete, council-ready document set. Work that used to take weeks of back-and-forth across multiple consultants.
Free to search and analyse any address. A subscription kicks in only when you download or print your documents.
Verified planning data: VIC · NSW · QLD · TAS · ACT · SA — WA / NT in manual-entry mode. Full overlay set in VIC, TAS and ACT.
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.
Address
Start with the property address. That's the whole input.
Research
Zone, overlays and lot boundary pulled from official council data.
Siting
Place the frame on the block within the rules that apply.
Compliance
Members sized to AS/NZS standards — steel, timber, concrete.
Submission
Council-ready drawings to AS1100, with BOMs, ready to send.
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.
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.
Repeatable frames mean the structural side is mostly presets — you confirm, you don't re-draw. That's how the whole job lands in about twenty minutes.
Start typing the address of the block — pick the match and we pull the official records.
Pergola / outdoor structure — this sets which planning rules apply and shapes the approval path.
Width and depth of the block. Don't have exact figures? Put in what you know and we work the rest out together.
Drop in a block set — the BOM writes itself.
Pick a material block set and watch the cut list and bill of materials build live. Every block is linked to the geometry, so quantities, lengths and steel mass stay in step as you add. Give it a go:
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| Profile | Qty | Total length | Mass |
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Illustrative block sets and quantities, for demonstration. In Draftly, block sets link to your engineered model — adjust a member and the cut list and BOM update with it. Figures are indicative; confirm before fabrication or lodgement.
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 a block, adjust the frame and update the pack from the job — not back at the desk.
The whole research layer is free. You pay at output.
Search any address and run the full site analysis and the planning checks without an account. A subscription starts only when you download or print the documents.
Nine compliance modules (Victoria)
Site coverage, permeability, private open space, garden area, overshadowing, overlooking, canopy trees, walls on boundaries, daylight to existing windows and small second dwellings — each citing its clause, standard, amendment and review date.
Unknown never reads as pass
Every check returns pass, fail, not-applicable or unknown. A rule we cannot verify says so — it is never quietly counted as compliant, and out-of-scope names the pathway that does apply instead.
The AI never writes a planning fact
Zone, overlays, easements and the titled boundary come from official government spatial services. Reading the documents you upload is the only job the AI has.
Boundary minus every setback
The titled lot with setbacks and easements taken out, drawn over the aerial — so you can see what actually fits before you design anything.
The approval pathway
Exempt, complying or a full application — determined from the verified zone and your own measurements against published rules, for every state and territory.
Implemented, not aspirational
AS 1720.1, AS/NZS 1170, AS/NZS 4600, AS 2870, AS 4678, AS 1684, AS 4100, AS 3600 and AS 1100 are wired into the sizing engine and re-checked on every commit against 65 manufacturer-cited benchmarks.
Paid begins at cloud save, PDF and DXF export, the submission pack, the engineering hand-back and BYDA lodging. Engineering output is indicative — confirm with your engineer or certifier before lodgement.
Size every member, check every load, every standard.
Built for repeat work
Portal and gable systems come as presets. Repeatable frames move from configuration to a documented job in one pass — no starting from a blank sheet, no waiting on a consultant.
Sized to AS/NZS
Members sized and load-checked to AS/NZS standards in steel, timber and concrete — with council-ready PDF output to AS1100.
Editable 1:1 geometry
Designs import as editable CAD-style geometry with layouts and overlays — not locked PDFs. Adjust, then hand back into the engineering loop.
Docs, BOMs & service layouts
Council-ready drawings, bills of materials, and indicative electrical and stormwater layouts — packaged for the client and the council.
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Search and analyse any address free. Pay only when you download or print the documents.