---
title: "Summarise a council's planning controls for a site"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment/summarise-a-council-s-planning-controls-for-a-site"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A12-B7-1"
practice_area: "Planning & Environment"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["AU"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Summarise a council's planning controls for a site

> Summarise zoning and overlays from the planning scheme extract.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment/summarise-a-council-s-planning-controls-for-a-site  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Planning & Environment](https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Summarise zoning and overlays from the planning scheme extract. |
| What the lawyer must review | Lawyer checks against the current instrument. |
| Written for / versions | 1 jurisdiction versions below |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

Summarise a council's planning controls for a site

- What the AI does: Summarise zoning and overlays from the planning scheme extract.
- What the lawyer does: Lawyer checks against the current instrument.
- Basis: No area-specific AU source found; general AI-use guidance applied to this area.
- Written for: AU
- Source basis: No area-specific AU source found; general AI-use guidance applied to this area.

## Sources

- [Uniform Law regulators: Statement on AI use in Australian legal practice](https://lsbc.vic.gov.au/news-updates/news/statement-use-artificial-intelligence-australian-legal-practice) (checked 2026-10-10)
- [LSNSW: A Solicitor's Guide to Responsible Use of AI (Jan 2026)](https://www.lawsociety.com.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/20260109%20LS4816_PSU_GuidetoAI_2026-01-08a%20FINALv2.pdf) (checked 2026-10-10)
- [Melbourne Law School: AI in the Law Snapshot (Jul 2025)](https://www.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/5349577/2025-Snapshot-AI-in-Law-Firms-CLCs-Govt-4-August.pdf) (checked 2026-10-10)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Planning certificate (section 10.7): ordering and checking guide (NSW)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/planning-and-environment/planning-certificate-request-and-checking-guide.md) | Form | Green | Guide to ordering a NSW planning certificate under s 10.7(2), with or without the s 10.7(5) advice, and a checking table that walks through each Schedule 2 matter (zoning, contributions, flood, bush… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

## Jurisdiction versions

| Jurisdiction | Level |
| --- | --- |
| [United States](https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment/summarise-a-council-s-planning-controls-for-a-site/united-states.md) | Yellow |

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*