The short version
Planna combines custom software with a team of town planners to prepare reports — Statements of Environmental Effects, Preliminary Planning Reports and Town Planning Reports — for council approval, typically within 48–72 hours, priced from a few hundred dollars per report. It's a managed service serving homeowners, developers and businesses across Victoria and NSW.
PlanSuite is a software platform for Victorian planning. You run an address and get zones, overlays, a permit determination and a draft council-ready report in seconds to minutes — generated from live VicPlan and Vicmap data and the actual planning scheme, on a subscription rather than per-report.
If you want someone to prepare a one-off application for you, Planna is a great option. If your team produces reports regularly and wants instant, in-house output, that's what PlanSuite is for.
Side by side
| PlanSuite | Planna | |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery model | Self-serve software platform (subscription) | Report-as-a-service with human planners (per report) |
| Turnaround | Seconds to minutes, on demand | ~48–72 hours (their words) |
| Data basis | Live VicPlan, Vicmap & GeoServer; AI cites the scheme clauses it relied on | Expert planners + ex-council officers preparing and reviewing each report |
| Outputs | Six report types incl. Delegate, Initial Assessment, Permit Required, Subdivision — editable Word, PDF & HTML | SEE, Preliminary Planning Reports, Town Planning Reports |
| Coverage | All 79 Victorian LGAs, in depth | Victoria & NSW |
| Best for | Councils & teams producing reports repeatedly at scale | One-off applications where you want it done for you |
This comparison reflects our opinion, not an independent or impartial assessment. It is based on publicly available information as of May 2026, sourced from yourplanna.com.au. Planna service and pricing claims are quoted from their website.
Where PlanSuite is different
Instant, not in days. No queue and no per-report wait — run an address and get the determination and a draft report immediately, as many times as you need.
VicPlan-accurate data. Zones, overlays and parcel details are read live from authoritative Victorian government sources and built to match the VicPlan property report.
Editable, council-ready outputs. Every report exports to Word so your planner finalises it in their own voice — not a fixed PDF you can't change.
Covers the full council workflow. Beyond applicant reports, PlanSuite produces delegate assessments, permit checks, subdivisions and compliance outputs that councils use internally.
Minimum input from you. We know you hate filling out forms. PlanSuite works the answer out from what it can already see — your address, the plans you upload, and the live planning record behind them — so you do almost nothing and the results are still thorough.
When Planna might be the better fit
Planna does a genuinely useful thing well. It's the better choice when:
- •You're a homeowner or one-off applicant who would rather a planner prepare and review the report for you.
- •You value a human-prepared report with hands-on justification and support through the council process.
- •You need coverage in NSW as well as Victoria.
If you're doing this repeatedly and want the output in-house and instant, that's where PlanSuite earns its place.
See a report generated in real time
Run a Victorian address and watch PlanSuite produce the zones, overlays and a draft council-ready report on the spot.
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