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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.
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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. These records are different in each jurisdiction and can provide information across multiple aspects of environmental risk associated with actual or potential contamination, including:

  • 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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NSW Report
VIC Report
QLD Report
ACT Report
TAS Report
WA Report
SA Report
NT Report

Report Benefits:

  • The Environmental Risk – Contaminated Land Search saves you having to navigate multiple manual register searches by bringing together that information in a single report.
  • The report provides the minimum information you need to be aware of in property and corporate transactions – the information held publicly by select governmental regulators.
  • Get clarity on the risks and potential contamination issues with a report that consolidates information in a single map and a summary page.
  • Get clarity on the risks and potential contamination issues with a report that consolidates information in a single map and a summary page.
  • Identify key contamination risks quickly. Contamination is an important consideration in land-use planning and development matters, property valuations and transactions.
  • Support your clients with early information about contamination risk as part of transaction due diligence for vendors, purchasers, and lessees. Help your clients avoid delays and clean-up costs arising from liability for contamination. Be prepared with early information that supports your due diligence.

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).
This shows a summary of the
information in the report.
This is a high-quality aerial
photograph of the site with the
lot boundary clearly highlighted.
These include declared contaminated
and sites of other contaminating
activities managed and regulated by the
relevant environmental regulators.
These include historical business
activities that had the potential to cause
contamination but where the site may
not have been previously assessed
or investigated.
These are other government or proprietary
datasets (in addition to the above) that
contain information about sites that are
known to carry a risk of contamination.
This is a preliminary risk assessment
made by an environmental consultant,
using the information provided in the report.
This shows a summary of the
information in the report.
This is a high-quality aerial
photograph of the site with the
lot boundary clearly highlighted.
These include declared contaminated
and sites of other contaminating
activities managed and regulated by the
relevant environmental regulators.
These include historical business
activities that had the potential to cause
contamination but where the site may
not have been previously assessed
or investigated.
These are other government or proprietary
datasets (in addition to the above) that
contain information about sites that are
known to carry a risk of contamination.
This is a preliminary risk assessment
made by an environmental consultant,
using the information provided in the report.

Lotsearch Environmental: EPA Priority Sites Register Plus+

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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.

Report Benefits:

  • Best practice: this report provides the minimum information clients need to be aware of in property transactions – the information held publicly by the environmental regulator.
  • Presentation: get clarity on the risks and potential contamination issues with a report that consolidates information in a single map and a summary page.
  • Duty of care: it is important that all lawyers and conveyancers perform environmental due diligence as part of a property transaction to ensure you meet your legal obligations.
  • Compliance: Lotsearch reports help you meet your new duties and ensure compliance under the new Environment Act in Victoria.
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Lotsearch Bushfire Risk Search

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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. 

Report Benefits:

  • Save time by eliminating hours of manual searches across multiple government sites and mapping platforms with this accessible Search.
  • Easy-to-read summaries and mapped visualisations deliver clear, actionable information to support property decisions quickly.
  • Reduce exposure to legal action and safeguard clients’ interests by swiftly determining whether a property is on or near designated bush-fire prone land.
  • Provide advanced due diligence and strengthen trust in your professional expertise.

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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.