Software for Town Planning Firms

Run Your Planning Firm Without the Spreadsheets

Drum gives town planning firms a single place to track time against DAs and permits, monitor project budgets and invoice through Xero. From pre-lodgement advice to council submissions, most firms are set up within 14 days.

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Drum project management software for town planning firms

Track time across every project

Log hours against DA assessments, policy reviews, client meetings and site visits. See exactly where your team's time is going each week.

Know your project margins

See live profitability on every engagement. Spot when a DA or permit application is eating into your fee before it becomes a write-off.

Win and track new work

Follow enquiries from first phone call to signed engagement letter. Forecast revenue and see what's coming down the line for your team.

Invoice through Xero

Tracked time flows straight into Xero invoices. No copy-pasting timesheets, no month-end scramble.

Plan your team's capacity

See who can take on a new DA and who's already stretched across three council submissions. Balance workloads before deadlines pile up.

Australian-built, Australian-hosted

Built by a team that understands state planning frameworks, council processes and how Australian consultancies actually run. Your data stays on Australian servers.

Built for how planning consultancies actually work

Flexible project structuring

Organise work by client, application type or stage of approval. Structure projects around the way your firm already thinks about them.

Professional fee proposals

Put together clear proposals for DA assessments, due diligence reports and ongoing advisory retainers. Monitor your win rate so you know what's converting.

Time tracking your team will actually use

Quick, straightforward time entry that staff pick up in minutes. Capture every billable hour without the Friday afternoon chase.

Deep Xero integration

Two-way sync keeps your books accurate. Turn tracked time into invoices with a few clicks, and reconcile without switching between systems.

Town planning project management dashboard showing budgets and time tracking

Drums philosophy of being a ‘single source of truth’ has allowed us to manage project data simply and accurately.

It has helped streamline our processes and we have found the team to be accommodating in all regards.

Lauren Sutton

Accounts Manager - Projex Partners

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