AI development assessment for council planners and permit teams

DAISY Assess gives planners an AI workspace for triage, document review, compliance checking, RFIs, referrals and determination workflows.

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AI development assessment for council planners and permit teams

Winner of Performance & Innovation in Development.

Award winner

[DAISY] demonstrates measurable efficiency improvements and a strong commitment to responsible AI use through a “human in the loop” approach to ensure accuracy and compliance.”

Planning Institute of Australia, PIA Award 2025

PIA Award 2025 - NSW Awards for Planning Excellence

The development application process is broken for planners

Manual admin

Hours spent renaming documents and checking the basics.

Constant re-work

Chasing applicants, phone tag, stalled assessments.

Shifting legislation

Hard to apply complex rules consistently as they change.

See DAISY Assess in action

Smart intake & triage

New DAs are automatically classified, checked for completeness, and routed to the right planner based on complexity and workload.

Automatic document AI analysis

DAISY maps uploaded files to the required checklist, reviews each document for quality and completeness, and flags any compliance errors.

Request for Information (RFI)

Any document failure, comment, or form issue can be tagged for RFI. DAISY generates a structured letter showing exactly where each RFI was flagged.

Unified reviewer workspace

Planners see their full caseload with compliance summaries, referral status, and suggested conditions - everything needed to assess efficiently.

AI assessment assistant

Chat, AI assistance, development information, and relevant documents - all at your fingertips, in one place, as you do your assessment.

A single plane of glass

DAISY integrates with your existing systems of record.

Planning Portal

Frequently asked questions

What is DAISY Assess?

DAISY Assess is the council-staff-facing module of the DAISY platform. It provides planning teams with AI-powered tools to triage, assess, and determine development applications more efficiently - with automated compliance checking, workflow management, and decision support.

How does DAISY Assess differ from DAISY Assist?

DAISY Assist is the applicant-facing tool that helps people prepare and lodge high-quality development applications. DAISY Assess is the counterpart for council planners - it picks up where Assist leaves off, giving staff the tools to process and assess those applications faster. Together, they streamline the entire DA lifecycle.

Does DAISY Assess integrate with the NSW Planning Portal?

Yes. DAISY Assess integrates with the NSW Planning Portal and other council systems through standard APIs. Applications lodged through the Portal are automatically ingested, and determination data can be pushed back for a seamless end-to-end workflow.

Can DAISY Assess handle our council-specific planning controls?

Absolutely. DAISY Assess is configured with your council's specific LEP, DCP, and local planning controls. The compliance engine is tailored to your instruments, ensuring assessments reflect your exact requirements - not generic rules.

How does it improve assessment consistency?

DAISY Assess uses standardised assessment templates, automated compliance checking against all relevant instruments, and an AI-powered condition library. This ensures every planner follows the same rigorous process, reducing variability and strengthening the defensibility of decisions.

The DA journey: without vs with DAISY

Stage

Without DAISY

With DAISY

1. Enquiry

Phone tag, business hours only

Instant answers, 24/7

Jargon-heavy forms

Plain-language and multi-lingual

2. Lodgement

Buried in PDFs

Dynamic checklist for your DA

Manual, inconsistent file naming

Council-compliant naming, automatic

No feedback until after lodgement

Real-time checks before you submit

3. Assessment

Frequent RFIs and re-work

Complete, validated, ready to assess

Weeks to months of back-and-forth

Lodgement-ready in minutes to weeks

Delays, rejections, complaints

Faster, more consistent outcomes

Constant screen-switching across systems and sources

Integrated data sources and current legislation, in one place

AI for building permits, planning approvals and environmental assessments

Matches the 2026-27 Budget direction

Australia has committed $105.9 million over four years for DCCEEW and NEPA to modernise environmental information, data and digital systems, including AI, for simpler and faster environmental approvals.

Built for DA and permit language people search for

DAISY supports development applications, building permits, planning permits, construction permits, council lodgement checks, RFIs, referrals and assessment-ready documentation.

Configurable across jurisdictions

DAISY can be configured for NSW, Victoria, Queensland, other state planning schemes or global building-permit and environmental-approval workflows.

Why the 2026-27 Federal Budget matters for development approvals

DAISY Assess is for councils and permitting authorities searching for AI development assessment, automated building permit review, planning approval software and environmental assessment support.

The 2026-27 Australian Federal Budget puts AI-enabled approvals into the mainstream. Under the Boosting Productivity - Accelerating Approvals measure, the Australian Government committed $105.9 million over four years from 2026-27 for DCCEEW and the National Environmental Protection Agency to modernise environmental information, data and digital systems, including through artificial intelligence, to improve user experience and enable simpler, faster environmental approvals.

For councils, planning authorities, developers and applicants, that means search demand is shifting from generic "AI in government" to practical questions: AI building permit software, AI planning approval tools, automated development application review, environmental approval AI, DA checklist automation, National Construction Code AI help, planning portal AI and council permit workflow automation.

Search terms DAISY is designed to answer

AI for building permits and construction permits
AI development application software for councils
Planning approval automation and planning permit AI
Environmental approval and EPBC assessment workflow AI
National Construction Code AI and building compliance guidance
DA lodgement checklist, document validation, RFI and referral automation
Local government permitting software for any state, region or country

AI building permit and planning approval questions

Can DAISY help with AI building permits and planning approvals?

Yes. DAISY is designed for development applications, building permits, planning permits and council approval workflows. It helps applicants prepare better submissions and helps planning teams assess documents, compliance issues, RFIs and referrals more consistently.

How does DAISY relate to the 2026-27 Australian Federal Budget announcement?

The Budget funded approval reforms that use AI and modern digital systems to make environmental approvals simpler and faster. DAISY is not presented as a government-funded product; it is aligned with the same policy direction: applying responsible AI to reduce friction in approvals, documentation and assessment workflows.

Can DAISY work outside NSW or Australia?

Yes. DAISY can be configured for local planning instruments, state requirements and international permitting frameworks. The same pattern applies whether the search term is development application, DA, building permit, planning permit, construction permit or environmental approval.

Does DAISY replace council planners or certifiers?

No. DAISY is built for human-in-the-loop assessment. It improves intake quality, document review, compliance checking and workflow visibility so qualified planners, certifiers and assessment teams can focus on judgement, exceptions and defensible decisions.