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Melton City Council Advertised planning applications Scraper

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Melton City Council - Advertised planning applications Scraper

  • Cookie tracking - No
  • Pagnation - no
  • Javascript - No
  • Clearly defined data within a row - Yes, with some on detail page

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

Expected output

Getting index page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current
  Pausing 0.604s
  Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/211-229-Faulkners-Road-Mount-Cottrell
Saving record PA2024/8851/1 - 211-229 Faulkners Road, Mount Cottrell, VIC
  Pausing 0.541s
  Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/1871-1881-Mount-Cottrell-Road-Mount-Cottrell
Saving record PA2025/9381/1 - 1871-1881 Mount Cottrell Road, Mount Cottrell, VIC
  Pausing 0.533s
  Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/15-Parklea-Way-Thornhill-Park
Saving record PA2025/9211/1 - 15 Parklea Way, Thornhill Park, VIC
  Pausing 0.933s
  Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/4-Walhalla-Way-Ravenhall
Saving record PA2025/9300/1 - 4 Walhalla Way, Ravenhall, VIC
  Pausing 1.11s
  Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/13-Target-Street-Melton
Saving record PA2025/9284/1 - 13 Target Street, Melton, VIC
  Pausing 0.536s
  Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/490-Christies-Road-Ravenhall
Saving record PA2014/4450/4 - 490 Christies Road, Ravenhall, VIC
  Pausing 0.535s
  Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/141-Momentum-Way-Ravenhall
Saving record PA2025/9431/1 - 141 Momentum Way, Ravenhall, VIC
  Pausing 0.533s
  Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/135-Momentum-Way-Ravenhall
Saving record PA2025/9429/1 - 135 Momentum Way, Ravenhall, VIC
  Pausing 0.77s
  Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/783-857-Coburns-Road-Harkness
Saving record PA2025/9317/1 - 783-857 Coburns Road, Harkness, VIC
Finished! Added 9 applications, and skipped 0 unprocessable applications.

Execution time: ~ 10 seconds

To run the tests

bundle exec rake

To run style and coding checks

bundle exec rubocop

To check for security updates

As well as GitHub's Dependabot you can use the following commmands locally to check for security vulnerabilities:

bundle exec bundle-audit
bundle exec ruby_audit

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Last run completed successfully .

Console output of last run

Injecting configuration and compiling... Injecting scraper and running... Getting index page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current Pausing 1.426s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/211-229-Faulkners-Road-Mount-Cottrell Saving record PA2024/8851/1 - 211-229 Faulkners Road, Mount Cottrell, VIC Pausing 1.322s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/1871-1881-Mount-Cottrell-Road-Mount-Cottrell Saving record PA2025/9381/1 - 1871-1881 Mount Cottrell Road, Mount Cottrell, VIC Pausing 1.356s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/490-Christies-Road-Ravenhall Saving record PA2014/4450/4 - 490 Christies Road, Ravenhall, VIC Pausing 1.409s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/783-857-Coburns-Road-Harkness Saving record PA2025/9317/1 - 783-857 Coburns Road, Harkness, VIC Pausing 1.366s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/62-126-Holden-Road-Diggers-Rest Saving record PA2025/9370/1 - 62-126 Holden Road, Diggers Rest, VIC Pausing 1.355s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/33-41-Ferris-Road-Cobblebank Saving record PA2025/9244/1 - 33-41 Ferris Road, Cobblebank, VIC Pausing 1.325s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/3-Edinburgh-Place-Melton-West Saving record PA2026/9450/1 - 3 Edinburgh Place, Melton West, VIC Pausing 1.316s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/1-15-Ferris-Road-Cobblebank-17-31-Ferris-Road-Cobblebank Saving record PA2022/8022/1 - 1-15 Ferris Road, Cobblebank & 17-31 Ferris Road, Cobblebank, VIC Pausing 1.321s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/67-69-Reserve-Road-Melton Saving record PA2025/9216/1 - 67-69 Reserve Road, Melton, VIC Pausing 0.887s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/64-Hawking-Crescent-Fraser-Rise Saving record PA2026/9529/1 - 64 Hawking Crescent, Fraser Rise, VIC Pausing 1.347s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/16-Bilberry-Circuit-Aintree-Amended Saving record PA2026/9555/1 - 16 Bilberry Circuit, Aintree (Amended), VIC Pausing 1.368s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/2-Blooming-Lane-Aintree-Amended Saving record PA2026/9552/1 - 2 Blooming Lane, Aintree (Amended), VIC Pausing 0.908s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/8-Caviar-Circuit-Aintree Saving record PA2026/9553/1 - 8 Caviar Circuit, Aintree, VIC Pausing 0.873s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/158-162-High-Street-Melton Saving record PA2025/9040/2 - 158-162 High Street, Melton, VIC Pausing 0.889s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/ATM523-531-High-Street-Melton-West Saving record PA2026/9541/1 - ATM/523-531 High Street, Melton West, VIC Pausing 1.313s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/490-Christies-Road-Ravenhall-2 Saving record PA2014/4450/5 - 490 Christies Road, Ravenhall (2), VIC Pausing 0.897s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/26-Wattle-Valley-Drive-Hillside Saving record PA2025/9347/1 - 26 Wattle Valley Drive, Hillside, VIC Pausing 1.424s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/143-147-Barries-Road-Melton-West Saving record PA2026/9481/1 - 143-147 Barries Road, Melton West, VIC Pausing 0.902s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/3-The-Welkin-Trail-Kurunjang Saving record PA2026/9506/1 - 3 The Welkin Trail, Kurunjang, VIC Pausing 1.33s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/179-193-Faulkners-Road-Mount-Cottrell Saving record PA2025/9221/1 - 179-193 Faulkners Road, Mount Cottrell, VIC Pausing 0.903s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/821-839-Melton-Highway-Hillside Saving record PA2011/3315/4 - 821-839 Melton Highway, Hillside, VIC Pausing 1.319s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/1-1-3-5-Killarney-Drive-Melton Saving record PA2001/134/4 - 1, 1-3 & 5 Killarney Drive, Melton, VIC Finished! Added 22 applications, and skipped 0 unprocessable applications.

Data

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council_reference address info_url date_scraped description on_notice_to
PA2026/9478/1
33 Albert Drive, Melton South, VIC
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/33-Albert-Drive-Melton-South
2026-05-26
Development of the land for the purpose of two single-storey dwellings.
2026-05-24
PA2025/9300/1
4 Walhalla Way, Ravenhall, VIC
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/4-Walhalla-Way-Ravenhall
2026-06-02
Change of use of an existing warehouse for the purpose of a restricted retail premises (furniture showroom), display of business identification signage and a reduction in the standard car parking rate.
2025-01-16
PA2024/8973/1
1732-1736 Gisborne-Melton Road, Kurunjang, VIC
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/1732-1736-Gisborne-Melton-Road-Kurunjang
2026-06-02
Use and development of the land for the purpose of a single-storey dwelling
2026-02-22
PA2025/9386/1
120-144 Hjorths Road, Toolern Vale, VIC
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/120-144-Hjorths-Road-Toolern-Vale
2026-06-02
Development of the land with a dwelling to replace an existing dwelling on the land, and associated removal of vegetation, including native vegetation on land affected by a Environmental Significance Overlay and Bushfire Management Overlay.
2026-03-06
PA2025/9442/1
902-982 Bulmans Road, 911-993 & 995-1097 Coburns Road, Toolern Vale, VIC
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/902-982-Bulmans-Road-911-993-995-1097-Coburns-Road-Toolern-Vale
2026-06-02
Use and development of the land associated with the Melton Airfield by extending runways and constructing an additional aircraft hangar and associated office, classrooms and cafe on the land
2026-03-17
PA2026/9544/1
50 Bilberry Circuit, Aintree, VIC
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/50-Bilberry-Circuit-Aintree
2026-06-04
Variation of registered covenant to allow the land to be developed with a dwelling that is subjected to the Small Lot Housing Code (Type B).
2026-05-28
PA2026/9543/1
48 Bilberry Circuit, Aintree, VIC
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/48-Bilberry-Circuit-Aintree
2026-06-04
Variation of a registered restrictive covenant to allow the land to be developed with a dwelling that is subjected to the Small Lot Housing Code (Type B).
2026-05-28
PA2024/8851/1
211-229 Faulkners Road, Mount Cottrell, VIC
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/211-229-Faulkners-Road-Mount-Cottrell
2026-06-20
Use and development of the land for the purpose of a Contractors Depot and earthworks involving land profiling.
2025-08-06
PA2025/9381/1
1871-1881 Mount Cottrell Road, Mount Cottrell, VIC
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/1871-1881-Mount-Cottrell-Road-Mount-Cottrell
2026-06-20
Use and development of the land for the purpose of two outbuildings associated with an existing dwelling on the land.
2025-12-18
PA2014/4450/4
490 Christies Road, Ravenhall, VIC
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/490-Christies-Road-Ravenhall
2026-06-20
Amendment associated with a planning permit for the development of the land for a utility installation (Deer Park Terminal Station) and associated native vegetation removal to include provision for a 280 megawatt battery energy storage facility and associated infrastructure
2025-02-03

Statistics

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Total run time: about 1 hour

Total cpu time used: 2 minutes

Total disk space used: 66.1 KB

History

  • Auto ran revision 56cb7162 and completed successfully .
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  • Auto ran revision 56cb7162 and completed successfully .
    22 records added, 22 records removed in the database
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Scraper code

Ruby

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