Every figure traced
Sources
Where each thing in the report comes from, whether a machine can fetch it, and whether that has been proven on a real block rather than assumed.
The state of it
Six of the fourteen sources are working. The one that does not exist is the reason the front setback cannot be stated on any block.
Proven — fetched for a real block and checked
| Source | What it gives the report | How | Proof |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACT cadastre ACTGOV_BLOCKS |
Block, section, suburb, district, area, zone, overlays, and the boundary as coordinates in metres | Public map service, no key | Block 21 Section 444, Gordon — 912 m², RZ2, boundary of ten edges |
| ACT addresses ACTGOV_ADDRESSES |
Turns a street address into a block | Public map service | 89 Lewis Luxton Avenue → block key 66164440021 |
| ACT road centrelines ACTGOV_ROAD_CENTRELINES |
Which boundary is the front, the secondary front and the side — measured, not assumed | Public map service | Two edges face Lewis Luxton Avenue, the curve faces Darby Munro Close |
| ACT Legislation Register | The instruments themselves, with the clause text behind every figure | Public PDFs, downloaded | 77 instruments in the register, with the text on file for the ones in use |
| CGFB planning rule register | Every planning figure, with its clause and its check | Ours — planningrules.com.au | 818 rules, 125 elements. None signed by a planner yet |
| GCONS | The customer, the Needs Analysis Survey, the document checklist, the finished reports | Read-only database access | Read this session — including the procedure DID963 itself |
Public, but not automated yet
A person opens these by hand today. Nothing is stopping them being read automatically except the work.
| Source | What it gives | State |
|---|---|---|
| ACTMapi | Contours at 8 m, 6 m, 4 m and 2 m; aerial imagery; easements plotted | Not tried as a service. It is an ArcGIS map underneath, so the contour layers should read the same way the cadastre does. This corrects an earlier note of mine saying no ACT contour source existed — it does. |
| ACT Heritage Register | Whether the block is heritage listed | Searched by hand. Carries a known trap: a block can match the register and still correctly be marked No, where the Council rejected the listing. |
| Access Canberra plumbing tie public register |
Where the services connect to the block | A public register with an address lookup. Not tried. |
| Dial Before You Dig | Every utility's record of what runs under and beside the block | Requested per address and returned as PDFs. Probably automatable, not tried. |
| Allhomes | Imagery, when ACTMapi will not load | A fallback the procedure names. Low value if ACTMapi is read directly. |
Needs a login, or a person
| Source | What it gives | Why it is harder |
|---|---|---|
| Pricefinder | Imagery fallback, the floorplan, and probably the unimproved value and rates | A paid subscription with a login. Staff have one; a machine using it is a licence question, not a technical one. |
| The Needs Analysis Survey | Property type, and what the customer is actually trying to achieve | It is in GCONS, so it is readable — but it only exists once the customer has filled it in. |
Does not exist anywhere
| What | What depends on it | Where it might be |
|---|---|---|
| The date the block was originally created | The whole front boundary setback schedule — 6 m before 18 October 1993, 4 m from 31 March 2008. Side and rear split again at 2 October 2009. | Not the cadastre, not a plan set, not GCONS, and not named in the procedure. The Crown lease is the likely answer, which means asking the customer — or finding a bulk source. |
On 89 Lewis Luxton Avenue in Gordon that single missing date is 39 m² of buildable land. It is the first thing to close.
The two sources tables that already existed
Both in the Planning Rules register, and neither answers the question above — which is why this page exists.
| Table | Rows | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| References tool_references | 18 | Links a person needs: the GCONS screens, the instruments on the ACT Legislation Register, ACTMapi, the live Check My Block. Marked for whether they need a login. |
| Holdings source_holdings | 6 | What each store actually holds and how much of it is usable — 72 legislation records of which 52 are usable, 436 rules of which 420 are, and so on. It measures the stores rather than the fields. |
The rule this page enforces
Nothing reaches a customer report without a source on this page, and nothing is marked proven because a document said it would work. Proven means fetched for a real block and checked.
Compiled 1 October 2026 from DID963, the Planning Rules register, and what was fetched and verified in this session.