Building controls — height & FSR
/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/development/building-controls20¢ per callHeight-of-building and floor-space-ratio control polygons with band summaries.
Exact suburb identifier required. Exact ABS Suburb and Locality (SAL) name, e.g. Burwood (NSW) — many suburbs carry a state suffix. If starting from free text or an unverified bare name, first call GET /v1/geocode/suburb?q=<text>, then use the exact data[].area_name it returns. Suburb data endpoints do not guess a state or typo-correct names.
Price: 20¢ per call.
Authorization
Request
The only values you send. Fields under Responses below are what comes back — you never pass those.
Path parameters
suburb_namestringrequiredExact ABS Suburb and Locality (SAL) name, e.g. `Burwood (NSW)` — many suburbs carry a state suffix. If starting from free text or an unverified bare name, first call `GET /v1/geocode/suburb?q=<text>`, then use the exact `data[].area_name` it returns. Suburb data endpoints do not guess a state or typo-correct names.
Query parameters
Responses
Successful Response
area_namestringalways returnedSuburb (SAL) name.
area_levelstringalways returnedAlways 'suburb'.
hobobjectmay be nullHeight-of-building controls summary + polygons.
fsrobjectmay be nullFloor-space-ratio controls summary + polygons.
/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/development/building-controlscurl --request GET \
--url 'https://api.microburbs.com.au/v1/suburbs/Belmont%20North/development/building-controls' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer test'{
"data": {
"area_name": "Belmont North",
"area_level": "suburb",
"hob": {
"zones_mapped": 17,
"most_common_height_m": 8.5,
"pct_most_common": 71,
"legend": [
{
"label": "≤ 8.5m",
"color": "#fef9c3",
"pct": 84.2
},
{
"label": "8.5–12m",
"color": "#fbbf24",
"pct": 15.8
}
],
"geojson": {
"type": "FeatureCollection",
"features": [
{
"type": "Feature",
"geometry": {
"type": "Polygon",
"coordinates": [
[
[
151.668,
-33.017
],
[
151.672,
-33.017
],
[
151.672,
-33.02
],
[
151.668,
-33.017
]
]
]
},
"properties": {
"height_m": 8.5,
"units": "m",
"band": "≤ 8.5m",
"color": "#fef9c3"
}
}
]
}
}
}
}