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Site Analysis Checklist
A first-pass field checklist for understanding a site before design assumptions harden.
Use this before the next decision
- Access: how do people, vehicles and deliveries reach the site?
- Orientation: where are north, prevailing winds and major solar exposures?
- Levels: what are the significant changes in ground level?
- Drainage: where does water currently go during heavy rain?
- Services: what utilities exist and where do they enter?
- Context: what is built around the site and how does it affect privacy/noise?
- Planning: what restrictions or development controls are known?
- Existing vegetation: what should be retained or understood?
- Ground conditions: what is known, and what still needs investigation?
- Neighbour/interface issues: what could affect construction or future use?
HSD note: This checklist helps organise questions. It does not confirm site conditions, approvals, costs, structural adequacy or legal title. Those matters require appropriate professional investigation.
Next step
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