Rezoning Hub vs PlanningAlerts
Free DA email alerts for citizens, with a paid commercial API.
What PlanningAlerts is
PlanningAlerts is a long-running civic service from the OpenAustralia Foundation. It scrapes development applications from councils across the country and emails residents when something is lodged near an address they care about. For a free, public-interest tool it has remarkable council breadth, and its commercial API is a genuine option if all you need is a national DA feed.
PlanningAlerts charges $3,850 + GST a month for commercial API access to its DA feed. That single month is roughly ten months of our entire platform on the Team plan, or about a year and a half on Pro.
Feature by feature
| Capability | Rezoning Hub | PlanningAlerts |
|---|---|---|
| Development application alerts | Yes NSW, 134k+ DAs | Yes nationwide |
| Rezoning and planning-proposal tracking | Yes lodgement to gazettal | No |
| State zoning map and overlays | Yes NSW + VIC live | No |
| Watch a parcel, an area or a case | Yes star + draw to watch | Partial address radius |
| Sourced, citable records and exports | Yes | Partial raw DA text |
| Public API | Yes from $385/mo | Yes $3,850 + GST/mo |
| Public MCP server for AI tools | Yes | No |
Where we are ahead
- Rezoning is the whole point. We track a proposal from lodgement to gazettal and alert you when a stage moves. PlanningAlerts is DA-only.
- A zoning map you can read, not just a text feed. State zoning, overlays, identify and draw to watch.
- API access starts at $385 a month on Team, against $3,850 + GST for the PlanningAlerts commercial API.
- Records are typed and sourced, so every date and document carries where it came from and when we fetched it.
Where PlanningAlerts is ahead
- Council breadth for raw DAs. PlanningAlerts scrapes development applications nationwide today; our DA coverage is NSW first.
- Free for a resident watching their own street.
The bottom line
If you only need a free email when a neighbour lodges a DA, PlanningAlerts is excellent and you should use it. If your job is to see land enter a rezoning pathway before the market prices it in, read the zoning, and watch parcels and areas, that is what Rezoning Hub is built for, and our API is a tenth of their commercial price.
Pricing shown as published by each provider, correct at June 2026. Check their site for current rates. PlanningAlerts is a trademark of its owner. This page is our own comparison and is not endorsed by PlanningAlerts. Visit PlanningAlerts.