Answers 02 · Land division — buildable
Land division feasibility
How many allotments, how big, and what can be built on each?
The problem
How many allotments, how big, and what can be built on each?
“How many blocks can I get?” sets the ceiling on everything downstream — revenue, build programme, finance. It is also the question most often answered with a number somebody assumed.
Three constraints govern the answer at once: minimum allotment area, minimum frontage, and setbacks. They are not additive, they are simultaneous — and any one of them can veto a layout the other two permit. The classic failure is a scheme where the areas work perfectly and one allotment cannot reach the street.
How it is produced
How this report is produced
“How many blocks” is governed by three constraints at once — minimum area, minimum frontage, setbacks. We screen capacity against all three, generate concept division plans with building envelopes, and run a frontage reality check on every option.
Screen capacity against all three constraints
We enumerate the workable combinations across standard and affordable housing mixes, testing each against site area and frontage together rather than in sequence.
Draw the concept division
Allotment boundaries, building envelopes and setback dimensions, drawn to scale so the scheme can be argued about rather than imagined.
Mark compliance in five bands
Compliant, within 5% tolerance, within 10% tolerance, non-compliant, or unverified. A near miss is worth knowing about; so is a standard we could not confirm.
Run the frontage reality check
For each option, can every allotment actually front the street? Where it cannot, we say so and name what it would take — a battle-axe handle, a shared driveway.
What arrives
Inside the report
Capacity screening table
Every combination tested, with the constraint that eliminated the ones that failed.
Concept division plans
Scaled drawings with allotments, building envelopes and setbacks marked.
Five-band compliance marking
Per allotment, per standard — including the ones we could not verify.
Frontage and access notes
Where street access is tight, and what configuration would resolve it.
Party-wall envelope treatment
For attached forms, only the shared boundary loses its setback; the outer boundaries keep theirs.
What it will not claim
The boundary, stated
Concept schemes only — subject to planning consent. Without verified minimums from you, results are marked “unverified”, not assumed.
Who needs it
When this report earns its keep
Looking at a site
Know what it can do before you buy — the wrong site is the most expensive mistake.
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What is the optimal scale here, and is it worth moving on.
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Before you enquire
Questions we get asked about this report
Do I need a surveyor as well?
Yes, when the scheme proceeds. This report is the strategic step before that spend — it tells you which schemes are worth surveying and which are not.
What if I do not know the minimum standards for my zone?
Then those results are marked unverified rather than filled in with a typical value. A common figure from another zone is not your zone's rule.
Does this guarantee I can create that many allotments?
No. These are concept schemes assessed against the current Code and are subject to planning consent.
Enquire about the land division feasibility
Every report is scoped to your site. Tell us the address and what you are deciding, and we will confirm scope and fees before anything starts — including if a different report should come first.