A development concept is only valuable when it can be reconciled with planning controls, site constraints, servicing, market demand and a realistic delivery budget.
Understand the legal site
Title boundaries, covenants, easements, access rights and encumbrances can materially reduce usable land. A survey and qualified legal review should be matched against the development concept before price is justified.
Read the planning controls together
Zoning is only the starting point. Overlays, minimum lot size, height, setbacks, parking, vegetation, heritage, flooding and infrastructure contributions can change the feasible outcome.
- Current zone and strategic planning direction
- Applicable overlays and referral authorities
- Permit history and any endorsed plans
- Likely approval pathway and timeframe