Category Archives: PlanningAlerts.org.au

Embedding PlanningAlerts in a map just got a whole lot nicer

We’ve a made a pretty small change to the way that applications from PlanningAlerts can get embedded in a map that makes it much easier to use. It’s easiest to see with an example: View Larger Map When you click on one of the points on a map, as well as the description of the […]

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Wonderful new features for PlanningAlerts

Today, we’re happy to announce that we’ve added some wonderful new features to PlanningAlerts which are the start of something big. Until now, the focus of PlanningAlerts has been squarely and clearly about notifying you of new development applications in your area. That notification happens via email. We’ve added two new big features which allow […]

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A new way of seeing

Today, we’re happy to announce a new way of seeing planning applications from PlanningAlerts.org.au for the iPhone 3GS and Android phones. It uses an augmented reality application called Layar to display recent planning applications in real time over a live image of what your phone is pointed at. To install follow this link on your […]

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Browse local council websites for 15 minutes and make a big difference to PlanningAlerts.org.au

As you may know PlanningAlerts.org.au works by collecting development applications from many local council websites and republishes them in an easy to use way, notifying people of new applications in their area and in that way keeping you informed of things happening near you. To do this we need to know where those applications are. […]

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Embed a PlanningAlerts Google Map in your blog

Inspired by Matthew Somerville’s post over at the mySociety blog about Embedding a FixMyStreet Google map in a blog, here’s how to embed a PlanningAlerts Google Map in your blog, like this one for Newtown, NSW: View Larger Map From the instructions on the API page, we can work out how to get an RSS […]

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Launching our new website: Planning Alerts

You might have noticed we’ve been fairly quiet of late. Well, that’s because we’ve been hard at work putting together a new website called Planning Alerts which we’re launching today. Planning Alerts: Email alerts of planning applications near you We’re really excited and proud to share this with you! You’d probably know if your next […]

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