NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet

11/06/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/05/2025 16:25

$20 million boost for world-first Land iQ tool

The funding boost is part of the Minns Labor Government's continued commitment to build a faster fairer and modern planning process, with the world-first Land iQ system already paying dividends.

It has been at the forefront of the Minns Labor Government's land audit, which has helped assess sites capable of delivering more than 10,000 homes across the state.

The $20 million funding will make Land iQ more effective, accessible and affordable, including:

  • expanding its use across government to identify land for open space, employment and industrial use, as well as environmentally sensitive land needing protection.
  • allowing users to subscribe to the parts of Land iQ they need, making it more cost effective for a range of users, including tertiary educators, councils and land councils.
  • providing access to Land iQ for users of the Giraffe mapping, modelling and analytics software to enhance its capabilities.
  • enabling users to access Land iQ data for integrated use with other programs to provide enhanced functionality.
  • delivering additional features, including site feasibility analysis tools that enable integration of individual user data with Land iQ data.

Land iQ is a digital platform that helps planning and property professionals make faster and smarter decisions about land use, including identifying land for new homes across NSW.
The platform combines government and external data in an interactive 3D map interface, enabling users to visualise and analyse land, run land-use scenarios, collaborate with property professionals in real time and optimise land-use plans.
Since March, private sector organisations have been able to secure licences for Land iQ and its modules. The platform draws on a library of more than 200 data sources and 75 land-use data types to deliver insights for property and planning decisions.
The platform played a critical role in identifying suitable land for emergency housing following the NSW Northern Rivers floods. Land iQ is now being used by the government and local councils to more effectively and proactively plan and respond to future natural disaster events.
Property and Development NSW has been working with technology partners WSP, Giraffe, and Aerometrex since 2021 to develop and expand the Land iQ platform.
Minister for Lands and Property Steve Kamper said:
"Our groundbreaking Land iQ tool has been a gamechanger, helping government and the private sector make better and quicker decisions around land use.
"This significant funding boost expands the program, ensuring the world-first tool isn't restricted just to government users, but available more widely across all areas of our economy.
"The planning process for too long was left muddled and archaic by consecutive governments, but tools like Land iQ show the Minns Labor Government's commitment to improving the system."
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Paul Scully said:
"This investment in Land iQ builds on the Minns Labor Governments many initiatives and reforms which have helped to streamline the planning system and make it faster, fairer and better equipped to meet the challenges of today.
"It's an important digital tool for land use planning which can help us identify land to deliver homes, open space, jobs and industrial precincts.
"This is another addition to our continued improvements to plannings digital interfaces and the introduction of artificial intelligence tools and ongoing improvements to the planning portal."
Property and Development NSW - Strategic Advisory Services Director James Strutt said:
"We have developed Land iQ to be a functional tool that helps businesses do effective due diligence on various land use scenarios much faster and more effectively.
"It is also very cost-effective for users with a large regional council indicatively saving $80,000 on a single strategic planning project by using Land iQ versus the traditional approach of procuring professional evaluation services externally. A yearly subscription to Land iQ costs just $8,000, allowing users to make ongoing savings when the tool is used across on multiple projects.
"We welcome this strong backing from the NSW Government to further develop and promote Land iQ as a foundational element in how planning and property professionals assess and use the State's land assets."
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