Highlights

  • Objective introduced Isoplan Professional at an Australian planning industry conference in September.
  • The product combines trusted AI with digital planning and consultation functions.
  • Its planning technology builds on the company’s earlier Isovist acquisition.
  • Objective continues investing in information management and government software products.

Objective Corporation (ASX:OCL) objective launched Isoplan Professional in September 2026, adding AI-assisted planning access and communication functions for councils and communities.

Planning Information Gets a New Interface

Objective Corporation (ASX:OCL) launched Objective Isoplan Professional on 17 September 2026, extending its software for council planning and public consultation. The product is designed to help users navigate local planning information, including spatial material and formal planning content. Objective introduced the service at a Planning Institute of Australia conference in Cairns. It identified Toowoomba Regional Council among the early councils intending to deploy the product. The launch is a software development milestone rather than an announced sales total.

Acquisition Underpins the Product

Isoplan Professional follows Objective's earlier Acquisition and strategic Investment in Isovist, a provider of electronic planning tools. The company describes the new offering as the next generation of Isoplan. It combines content management with functions intended to explain planning rules to homeowners, developers and community members. For councils, the product aims to support maintenance, public consultation and communication of future planning settings. Actual user adoption will depend on implementation by individual customers.

Local government planning information can affect landowners, developers and other members of a community. Objective's new product is intended to connect these users with planning rules and geographic information maintained by councils. Its use of AI is described within a controlled information environment, where the underlying council content remains important. That is narrower than claiming an automated planning approval system. The company has presented Isoplan Professional as a way to improve access, consultation and communication; decisions and implementation arrangements remain with the relevant council.

Government Software Remains the Foundation

Objective has a wider suite of software products for public-sector information management, regulation, digital collaboration and document handling. Its products include Objective Connect, RegWorks and planning and building tools. The company says it makes continuing Research and Development investment, and its investor centre carries the 2026 annual report. Isoplan Professional fits within that established range by applying AI-assisted functions to a specific government workflow rather than creating an unrelated Business line.

Rollout and Further Development

The next phase for Isoplan Professional concerns deployments, integrations and the work of councils adopting the system. Objective has not assigned a numerical sales or Earnings contribution to the September product announcement. Its broader positioning centres on software for information-intensive and regulated organisations. For shareholders, deployment updates and subsequent financial reporting will show how the planning product develops within the group's existing software portfolio.

Objective Corporation shares traded at AUD 6.705 on 10 November 2026, up 3.15%. The company had a Market Capitalisation of AUD 634.5 mn.