For town planners
Pre-DA. Lodgement. RFIs.
Determination. Modifications.
Software shaped by the approval pathway.
Planning consultancies run on statutory gates, not design milestones — and on hourly fees the council can blow through while you wait.
Monument plans the matters, resources the team across them, and tracks fee burn against every cap — in one live model.
14-day trial. No credit card required.
Pre-DA, lodgement, RFIs, determination, modifications — every job follows statutory gates. Your tool only knows tasks.
Planning work is shaped by approval pathways, not generic milestones. Monument models the statutory phases of every project — from pre-lodgement strategy through determination and section variations — so progress is measured against the gates that actually matter.
Council can sit on a DA for six months. Your fee cap doesn’t move.
Hourly with a not-to-exceed cap is the dominant fee model — and council delay is the dominant fee killer. RFIs, follow-ups, and additional information requests keep senior planners working long after the cap should have stopped them. Monument tracks live fee burn against every cap, so you can renegotiate before margin disappears — not after final determination.
Senior planners are juggling 15+ live matters across three councils. Nobody can see the load.
Pre-lodgement meetings, RFI responses, council follow-ups, hearings — senior staff get fragmented across dozens of live projects. Monument shows utilisation across every live matter, so you can rebalance before the next RFI deadline collides with the next hearing.
Pre-lodgement work doesn’t always convert. Your pipeline view doesn’t know that.
Strategic advice and feasibilities are billable but volatile — some convert into full DAs, some don’t. Monument separates pre-lodgement work from live projects, tracks conversion, and lets you forecast capacity against what’s actually likely to land.
One connected system.
Schedule, resourcing, time, invoicing, and financials — connected in one live model.
Project Modeling
Pre-DA, DA / CDC / planning permit, RFI, determination, modifications — phased the way statutory approvals run. Council references, authority contacts, and approval gates tracked alongside the fee.
Resource Management
Allocate planners across every live matter and pre-lodgement engagement. See utilisation by senior, mid, and graduate — so you can pitch the next strategic advice job with capacity numbers, not gut.
Financial Intelligence
Live fee burn against the not-to-exceed cap on every matter. P&L by project, by client, by jurisdiction. Catch unprofitable matters before the next council delay locks them in.
Invoicing
Hourly with caps, milestone fees on lodgement and determination, retainer arrangements — generated from live timesheets. Pre-lodgement, live matters, and modifications billed cleanly against the right engagement.
Built for workflows like yours
Your projects have depth.
Your tools should too.
14-day free trial. Full access. No credit card.