AI Redaction
Find personal information in DA documents before they go on exhibition, with a planner check.
AI Redaction scans development application documents for personal information, marks what it finds, and holds the document until a planner has checked the redactions and approved it. It runs on Azure AI services in an Australian region.
How AI redaction works for council DA documents
A DA submission can run to hundreds of pages. Before it goes on exhibition, someone reads it for names, phone numbers, email addresses and signatures. The work is slow, and a missed detail is published for everyone to see.
AI Redaction reads each document and marks personal information it finds. A planner checks the marks, accepts or changes them, and approves the document before the redacted copy is released for publication. Every decision is logged.
Personal information detection
AI marks names, contact details, signatures and other personal information, including text in scanned pages.
- Contact details
- Signatures
- Scanned documents
Human review
A planner sees the proposed redactions in context, accepts, rejects or adds to them, and approves the document before anything is released.
- Accept, reject or add marks
- Add missed items
- Nothing publishes without sign-off
Audit trail
The audit trail records what was redacted, who approved the document and when, which helps when a privacy question comes later.
- Who approved
- When
- What was redacted, and by whom
Works with the tracker
Redacted documents can go straight to the Application Tracker for exhibition.
- Application Tracker
- Council system of record
- Records management
What AI redaction changes for a planning team
Faster preparation
Planners review marked items instead of reading every page from the start.
Safer publication
A second look by software, then a person, lowers the chance of a missed detail.
A record of every decision
The audit trail shows what was redacted and who approved it.
Who uses AI Redaction
Built for:
- Planning and development teams
- Records and governance teams
- Privacy officers
- Council IT managers
Runs on
- Azure AI services
- Microsoft Power Platform
- Microsoft Azure
Built to align with
- Designed for IRAP PROTECTED environments
- Australian Privacy Principles
- Essential Eight aligned
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Frequently asked questions
What does AI redaction find in DA documents?
- It finds personal contact details, financial information, medical details, licence numbers and signatures. You can also set custom rules for information your council treats as sensitive. It reads scanned pages as well as typed text.
Does a person check the redactions?
- Yes. AI finds and suggests the redactions. A planner checks them, accepts, rejects or adds to them, and approves the document before it is published. The tool is built around the check, not to replace it.
Where are the documents processed?
- Documents are processed in your council's Microsoft tenant or ours, in Azure AI services in an Australian region.
Which document types does it handle?
- It handles the documents that make up a DA submission, such as PDF forms, plans, reports and letters, including scanned pages. If you have an unusual format, send us a sample in discovery and we will test it.
Proof and further reading
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