It is estimated that there are approximately 160,000 contaminated land sites across Australia. Lotsearch, experts in spatial intelligence and risk mapping, offer contaminated land due diligence reports designed for conveyancers, legal practitioners, and valuers.

Lotsearch Seller Disclosure Searches

In response to Part 3 of the Seller Disclosure Regime in Queensland (Land Use, Planning and Environment), Lotsearch offer a wide array of searches to help you meet your professional due diligence and navigate the Property Law Act 2023 with confidence. These tools are designed to bridge the information gap for sellers who may be unaware of a property’s environmental history, ensuring all zoning, planning, and contamination risks are accurately disclosed before signing.

By leveraging Lotsearch products directly via the InfoTrack Seller Disclosure Solution, you can pre-empt disclosure issues that might otherwise lead to contract termination or post-settlement liability. This streamlined workflow allows you to uphold your duty of care while providing clients with the clarity and protection needed for a smooth transaction.

Read more about the searches available below.

New: Heritage Search

Designed specifically for the QLD Seller Disclosure framework, the Heritage Search consolidates records of heritage designations required for disclosure under the Property Law Regulation 2024. This includes World Heritage sites that are not included in the DES: Heritage Search / Certificate of Affect.

By providing records of heritage listings and applications under the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 and sites on the World Heritage List under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), the Search reduces the risk of missing records, prevents costly non-compliance, and safeguards all parties in a transaction.

Zoning Search

The Lotsearch Zoning Search consolidates zoning information required for disclosure under the Property Law Regulation 2024. The report aggregates information from six planning instruments to provide the zoning that takes precedence for the property lot.

Recognising the time constraints sellers and their agents face during property transactions, this report streamlines the preparation of the Seller Disclosure Statement in an easy-to interpret format and by presenting relevant zoning information, the Search reduces the risk of missing records, prevents costly non-compliance, and safeguards all parties in a transaction.

Contamination Notices Search

The Lotsearch Contamination Notices Search consolidates records of contamination and environmental notices that are not included in the QLD government contaminated land search (EMR/CLR) but are required for disclosure under the Property Law Regulation 2024. This search helps sellers and their representatives identify key records to support their transaction by streamlining the preparation of the Seller Disclosure Statement in a simplified format. By providing records under relevant sections of the Environmental Protection Act 1994, the Search reduces the risk of missing records, prevents costly non-compliance, and safeguards all parties in a transaction.

Lotsearch Environmental – Contaminated Land Search

The Environmental Risk – Contaminated Land Search provides a search of records related to contaminated land held by state environmental regulators and selected federal government agencies on freely available public registers.

By consolidating information from various government regulators into one accessible map, this search provides the clarity needed for effective risk management. It enables you to identify potential contamination issues early in the transaction process, ensuring your clients are protected from clean-up liabilities and costly delays.

The key environmental data provided includes:

The identification of land known or notified as contaminated.
The licensing of commercial or industrial activities that may pose a risk of potential contamination.
Known investigations into suspected contamination issues.
Potential for contamination issues from issued statutory notices (for example, to clean up contamination) and groundwater use restrictions.

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Lotsearch Environmental – Contaminated Land Screening Report

Lotsearch also offers a more comprehensive Contaminated Land Screening Report, which includes additional data from historical sources and a bespoke assessment of the potential for contamination to affect a site. This report provides more information about contamination risk. It may be more suitable for jurisdictions where information about contamination risk is important due to the contaminated land liability regime (which may, in certain circumstances, give rise to a risk of liability for an owner or occupier to clean up of contamination that they did not cause or contribute to).

Lotsearch Environmental: EPA Priority Sites Register Plus+

Available in Victoria only, the EPA Priority Sites Register Plus+ report provides a comprehensive search of records related to contaminated land, held by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). This includes the EPA Priority Sites Register, Site Management Orders, Register of Permissions, Environmental Audits, Pollution Notices, and other relevant EPA registers.

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Lotsearch Bushfire Risk Search

Bushfires in Australia are a major natural hazard and carry significant implications for how land can be used, developed or insured. The Lotsearch Bushfire Risk Search seeks to provide clarity in a property transaction by delivering a clear, map-based summary of bushfire hazards, including bushfire-prone land, bushfire planning overlays, and historical fire events for a property and the surrounding area. Consolidating data from multiple trusted sources into one easy-to-use document, this Search saves time, reduces compliance risks, and supports confident property decisions.

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Lotsearch Development Application Search

The Lotsearch Development Application Search, also known as the Planning Permit Application Search in Victoria, delivers a clear, map-based summary of development applications for a property and the surrounding area.

Consolidating information on both future and past developments affecting properties within a 200m radius into one easy-to-use document, this Search saves time, reduces compliance risks, and supports confident property decisions.

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Disclaimer: These reports do not constitute an exhaustive search or presentation of all repositories or sources of information in respect of environmental contamination and is not a substitute for a site environmental assessment, which may be conducted by an environmental consultant. You should always obtain independent professional consulting or legal advice before you make any decision based on the information within the report.

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