planningalerts-scrapers / melton

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

gem install bundler-audit
bundle-audit

Contributors ianheggie-oaf

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 1.455s 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 1.337s 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 1.381s 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 1.353s 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 0.959s 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 0.979s 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 1.628s 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 1.348s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/1732-1736-Gisborne-Melton-Road-Kurunjang Saving record PA2024/8973/1 - 1732-1736 Gisborne-Melton Road, Kurunjang, VIC Pausing 1.334s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/7-Socrates-Way-Rockbank Saving record PA2025/9341/1 - 7 Socrates Way, Rockbank, VIC Pausing 0.924s Fetching detail page: https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/120-144-Hjorths-Road-Toolern-Vale Saving record PA2025/9386/1 - 120-144 Hjorths Road, Toolern Vale, VIC Finished! Added 10 applications, and skipped 0 unprocessable applications.

Data

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rows 10 / 10

council_reference address info_url date_scraped description on_notice_to
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
2026-02-16
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
2026-02-16
Use and development of the land for the purpose of two outbuildings associated with an existing dwelling on the land.
2025-12-18
PA2025/9211/1
15 Parklea Way, Thornhill Park, VIC
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/15-Parklea-Way-Thornhill-Park
2026-02-16
Use and development of a child care centre
2025-12-24
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
2026-02-16
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
PA2025/9284/1
13 Target Street, Melton, VIC
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/13-Target-Street-Melton
2026-02-16
Use of an existing building for a Place of Assembly (Community Centre and Education).
2026-01-27
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
2026-02-16
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
PA2025/9317/1
783-857 Coburns Road, Harkness, VIC
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/783-857-Coburns-Road-Harkness
2026-02-16
Development of the land for the purpose of a telecommunications facility consisting of a 30-metre high slimline monopole with associated antennae and an equipment shelter.
2026-02-08
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
2026-02-16
Use and development of the land for the purpose of a single-storey dwelling
2026-02-22
PA2025/9341/1
7 Socrates Way, Rockbank, VIC
https://www.melton.vic.gov.au/Services/Building-Planning-Transport/Statutory-planning/Advertised-planning-applications/Planning-apps-current/7-Socrates-Way-Rockbank
2026-02-16
Development of the land with two double-storey dwellings
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
2026-02-16
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

Statistics

Average successful run time: half a minute

Total run time: half a minute

Total cpu time used: less than 5 seconds

Total disk space used: 37.7 KB

History

  • Manually ran revision fe85954d and completed successfully .
    10 records added in the database
  • Created on morph.io

Scraper code

Ruby

melton / scraper.rb