planningalerts-scrapers / greater_geelong

City of Greater Geelong Development Applications

README.md

This is a scraper that runs on Morph. To get started see the documentation

Add any issues to https://github.com/planningalerts-scrapers/issues/issues

To run the scraper

bundle exec ruby scraper.rb

Set MORPH_AUSTRALIAN_PROXY to the url for an Australian proxy

Expected output

Saving 1339/2023...
Saving 872/2025...
(etc)
Saving 391/2023/A...
Saving 548/2025...

Execution time ~ 4 seconds.

To run style and coding checks

bundle exec rubocop

To check for security updates

gem install bundler-audit
bundle-audit

Contributors

Last run completed successfully 2026-04-15.

Console output of last run

Injecting configuration and compiling... Injecting scraper and running... Using Australian proxy... Saving 99/2026... Saving 204/2026... Saving 325/2025... Saving 437/2025... Saving 198/2026... Saving 717/2024... Saving 151/2026... Saving 1081/2025... Saving 843/2001/A... Saving 1057/2025... Saving 9/2026... Saving 761/2024/A... Saving 79/2026... Saving 1064/2025... Saving 122/2026... Saving 190/2026... Saving 917/2025... Saving 152/2026... Saving 40/2026... Saving 733/2024/A... Saving 93/2026... Saving 877/2025...

Data

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description	info_url	address	council_reference	on_notice_from	on_notice_to	comment_url	date_scraped
Buildings and Works Associated with the Construction of a Shed	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=1416/2011	9 RIVER STREET, Batesford	1416/2011	2012-03-02	2012-03-20	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=1416/2011	2012-03-04
Nine (9) Lot Subdivision	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=1137/2011	30 AVONLEA ROAD, Bell Post Hill	1137/2011	2012-03-02	2012-03-20	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=1137/2011	2012-03-04
Removal of Covenant U362287Q which prevents the Construction of more than One Dwelling	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=68/2012	2 VICTORIA TERRACE, Belmont	68/2012	2012-02-06	2012-03-09	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=68/2012	2012-03-04
Construction of a Second Dwelling	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=1449/2011	26 ROSLYN ROAD, Belmont	1449/2011	2012-02-29	2012-03-18	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=1449/2011	2012-03-04
Two (2) Lot Subdivision (Amendment: Re-configuration of the Layout of the Subdivision without Common Property)	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=55/2009/A	3 ARALUEN PARADE, Belmont	55/2009/A	2012-02-21	2012-03-10	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=55/2009/A	2012-03-04
Two Lot Subdivision	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=23/2012	31 WATSON AVENUE, Belmont	23/2012	2012-02-23	2012-03-12	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=23/2012	2012-03-04
Buildings and Works Associated with a Section 2 Use	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=47/2012	28 COX ROAD, Corio	47/2012	2012-02-24	2012-03-13	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=47/2012	2012-03-04
Development and use of the land for a take away food premises	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=10/2012	420 PRINCES HIGHWAY, Corio	10/2012	2012-02-22	2012-03-11	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=10/2012	2012-03-04
Construction of Two (2) Additional Dwellings	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=101/2012	8 DETROIT CRESCENT, Corio	101/2012	2012-03-02	2012-03-20	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=101/2012	2012-03-04
Partial Demolition including Rear Chimney, Extension to the Existing Dwelling and Construction of a Garage	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=126/2012	17 GRANDVIEW GROVE, Drumcondra	126/2012	2012-02-17	2012-03-06	http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/residents/planning/adlist_detail.aspx?app_number=126/2012	2012-03-04

Statistics

Average successful run time: 23 minutes

Total run time: 3 months

Total cpu time used: about 2 hours

Total disk space used: 3.85 MB

History

Auto ran revision b6d648a0 and completed successfully 2026-04-15.

run time 47 s

22 records added, 22 records removed in the database
Auto ran revision b6d648a0 and completed successfully 2026-04-14.

run time 47 s

22 records added, 21 records removed in the database
Auto ran revision b6d648a0 and completed successfully 2026-04-13.

run time 45 s

21 records added, 21 records removed in the database
Auto ran revision b6d648a0 and completed successfully 2026-04-12.

run time 47 s

22 records added, 22 records removed in the database
Auto ran revision b6d648a0 and completed successfully 2026-04-11.

run time 55 s

25 records added, 25 records removed in the database
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Created on morph.io 2014-01-22

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Scraper code

Ruby

greater_geelong / scraper.rb

git clone URL