There may be one or many ways to site a home on your land depending on the site conditions and restrictions.
We can start to work with your hand drawn sketch(or we come to site and meet with you), then we can create a suitable plan.
However, Councils require a clear idea of your proposal, so rough sketches or drawings do not meet their minimum requirements, resulting in your application not moving past that point, so to move forward we create a site plan for you that meets requirements and we discuss whats needed now and what can be done later according to your budget.
While council require a small level of detail for a planning permit (but for a building permit more is required) so at this stage using a land surveyor or building designer to produce a base level plan may not be needed (unless exact levels or proximity is required that can cause the project to stall later, such as next door windows, levels, too close to boundary or need easement consent.
To be able to progress your application by getting an ok or exemption from council, our FAST 1-2 day Initial Site Plans mean no need to wait weeks for land survey or pay high costs due to the professional labour & tech required to produce the plans, means time and money saved.
We have the technology experience, resources and ability to provide site plans to suit the requirements of council without the need for a site visit (but we always recommend one to see what is there NOW that may present other issues and get in our minds eye, how the proposal fits on from a boots-on-the-ground perspective and gain a better visualisation to instruct consultants) prior to proceeding further to say a full blown application where it is required.
Using satellite tech, our team have the ability to produce a Base Site Plan for town planning applications at a fraction of the full survey cost and within a turnaround time of 1-2 days, rather than weeks for a full blown survey in 9/10 cases.
Our Base Site Plans $450.00 include
EXISTING
Title block to the document
Plan is electronic to A3 landscape format
Dimensions of the Lot
Distance Between Structures
Main Structures
Names of Adjacent Street(s)
North Arrow
Property Boundary line
Scale
Fence
GPS Coordinates
Setbacks
Pool
Major Trees
Decks
Driveways
Easements
Paths
Parking Spots
Porch
Septic Tank
Sheds
Shrubs
Additional Fees apply for levels, eave heights, habitable windows, bores, watercourses.
Uses For Our Site Plans
Subject to your boundary locations, site conditions & details and actual project, people use or Base Site Plans for
Small Second Homes or Accessory Dwelling Unit, Asphalt Paving, Pool Installation, Deck Installation, Pole buildings, Tree Planting etc.
What cant our Site Plans be used for ?
A site plan is not a substitute for a site survey by a land surveyor. If a project requires detailed site information including heights, set-out dimensions or title boundary establishment or adjoining properties or exact locations , land title work, legal claims we can instruct a registered surveyor to be used.
Frequently Asked Questions
Site plans show the boundaries and dimensions of the property.
We draft Site Plans, Elevation Plans, Floor Plans, and other Custom Plans.
On weekdays our turnaround is 1-2 days. Orders that are made on weekends are emailed the following Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday.
We offer rush service. The cost for expedited service is additional $90. If expedited service is ordered, the site plan is completed by noon am the following day.
PDF files are included with all the site plans. DWG file extension costs an additional $30. DWG file extensions are useful to designers, engineers and other professionals.
We obtain data from a variety of sources including mapping companies, and Google Maps. It is not necessary to come to your home in order to draw a Base Level Site Plan. Please ask us about FFL levels and future use.. eg business office storage shed habitable sleep out etc as it is vital ! so you don’t affect insurance and break laws or just can’t use the building later on or have problems selling !
We do not stamp plans since we are not an engineering firm or council.
If there is a feature you need added let us know. We will do what we can to add it in for you.
Digital copy of fully dimensioned plans at preferred scales of 1:100 or 1:200, including the following (as appropriate): Existing site plan, including boundaries and dimensions of the site and any existing buildings. Proposed site plan including proposed buildings, landscaping, driveways and parking areas.
Yes. We are able to draft multiple plans for the same property. It depends on the needs of the client.
Our Process
Our providers us satellite georeferenced aerial photography, title boundary and utility services information to create a composite site plan to submit to council for a town planning permit application OR a private building certifier / registered building surveyor RBS for a building permit application with additional added information.
The georeferenced imagery is accurate to approx 15cm+-, for distances up to 199m.
Once we have compiled the site info & all the information required, we incorporate any proposed new structures with information supplied by the owner/client. We always send the site plan for the customer to check & mark-up by hand with notes of proposed works for us to include or just to view, for their peace of mind before we send them out..
