Most people find out what a block can and can't do after they've exchanged. A Site and Pathway Review tells you first: the zoning and controls, the approval route, the constraints, what's planned around it, and the risks worth pricing in.
Order the review$7008 to 10 pages, within five business days. Not sure yet? Email me or call 0498 827 103.
A site that looks right from the street can carry a flood overlay, a heritage listing, a tree that can't be removed, or a stormwater problem that reshapes the whole design. The planning rules decide what you can build, how big, how high, and which approval route you'll need, and none of that is written on the listing.
The review reads the site the way a developer would before committing money to it, and puts the answer in plain English so you can decide with the facts in front of you.
A buyer in Penrith was about to commit to a block for a knockdown rebuild. The review found the site inside a flood planning area that put the floor level, the design and the approval route somewhere very different from what they'd priced. They found out before exchange rather than after, which is the whole point.
Zoning, height, floor space, setbacks and overlays, and what they mean for what you want to do, whether that's a renovation, a knockdown rebuild, a granny flat or a second dwelling.
Whether the work can go through as exempt or complying development, or needs a development application, and what each route means for time and cost.
Heritage, trees, stormwater, bushfire, flood and the Section 10.7 certificate, with the ones that bite on your scheme called out.
What's approved, lodged or proposed around the site, where the precinct controls sit, and what the street is likely to look like in five to ten years.
A clear read on what the site supports, the sensible route to approval, and the next steps if you go ahead.
The review is the first step of the approvals work. If you buy and build, the same reading carries straight into the CDC or DA, so nothing is done twice.
You'll be asked for the property address at checkout. I'll confirm the scope and start date by email within one business day.
Pay online and give me the address. I'll come back within one business day to confirm what you're planning for the site.
I read the controls, the certificate, the overlays and what's happening around the site, and test your scheme against all of it.
You get the written review within five business days, then a call to go through it and answer questions.
Buy, pass, or adjust the plan. If you go ahead, I can take the approval from here.
Camden Lane is a Sydney development advisory practice run by Meg Bond. The practice reads sites, tests what they can carry, and manages approvals through to construction for buyers, builders, architects and developers across NSW.
Meg's background is in development management on residential, commercial and precinct projects in Australia and the United States, from feasibility and approvals through to delivery. The review is written the way she'd read a site before putting her own money into it.