History
SIMPLE REALISATION
Environmental professionals were spending too much time searching for data and not enough time solving problems
The foundations of Lotsearch were laid long before the company existed. In 2001, Howard and Pete, both fresh geography graduates, joined Landmark Information Group, the UK’s leading provider of environmental risk and planning intelligence.
Sourcing, extracting and mapping information from multiple disparate sources including historical maps and documents helped to create a one-stop-shop for key information helping to transform decision-making. With legacy contamination issues being so prevelant in the UK due to their rich history of industrialisation and mining, it really helped clients to understand the past land use and bring this into focus.
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After leaving Landmark and eventually moving to Australia in the mid-late 2000s, they noticed something critical: Australia didn’t have a Landmark equivalent. No provider offered the same depth of environmental intelligence, historical mapping expertise, or structured risk analysis.
That gap sparked the idea that became Lotsearch.
In June 2014, they launched the business sharing an office with a mining consultancy where Pete had once worked. By August, they were building the first components of what would become Lotsearch’s national database, sourcing datasets, historic maps, and aerial imagery for NSW.
Today, Lotsearch remains proudly independent, proudly Australian, and committed to one purpose: a more environmentally aware Australia.
KEY MILESTONES
Timeline of our key milestones, contributing to our
mission of a more environmentally aware Australia
2014
Lotsearch founded
Launched Enviro Pro report in NSW
2015–2018
Expansion of Enviro Pro reporting services across Australia
Commence Government Reporting Services
Launch Planning & Ecological Report
2018
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Launched New Suite of Contamination Reports for Lawyers Entered into partnership with legal reseller InfoTrack
2019
Reached the 5,000 reports milestone
Won ‘The Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Award’: Vic Unearthed
2020
Expanded to offer Nationwide Legal Reporting Services
Launched: Natural Hazards: Bushfire Risk Report
Reached the 10,000 reports milestone
2021
Supplied Local Government with Baseline Data Services
Sponsor Australian Environment Business Network
Reached the 25,000 reports milestone
2022
20+ employees part of the Lotsearch family
Entered into partnership with National Property Group
Lotsearch Graduate Program begins
NSW Regional Capacity Building: development & delivery of Potentially Contaminated Land Registers to councils
2023
Lotsearch moves to new offices in North Sydney
Deliver our first project for a Federal Government Agency
2024
Celebrates its 10-year milestone
Identified over 260,000 known and potentially contaminated sites across Australia.
Entered into partnership with legal reseller Dye & Durham
Expanded our Bushfire Reports to all states
Won the CRC CARE Award for innovative approaches to managing environmental contamination
Launched the EPA Priority Site Plus Report + in Victoria
Commission Norton Rose Fulbright to write an opinion piece on NSW lawyers’ contaminated land duty of care.
Released the National Study into Potentially Contaminated Sites with Australian Conveyancer
2025
Gave evidence at the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into PFAS Contamination
Reached the 100,000 reports milestone
Launched Seller Disclosure Reports in Queensland
Launched Development Application Search Reports in QLD, VIC & NSW
2026
Launch new website
New Qld Seller Disclosure Heritage Search (Coming Soon)