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name: site-check
description: Produce a first-pass planning and site constraints read for a given address or lot. Pulls together the zoning, overlays, setback and height questions an architect must ask, and flags what must be verified with the authority. A pre-check, not planning advice.
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# Site Check

## What it does
Given a site, it structures the planning and constraint questions into a checklist and a first-pass read, so nothing obvious is missed at feasibility.

## When to use
- Early feasibility, before massing.
- When quoting, to price the planning risk honestly.

## Instructions
1. Ask for the address or lot/plan number and the jurisdiction.
2. Do not state planning controls as fact. State them as items to confirm against the current scheme, with the specific clause or map to check.
3. Structure the read: zone, overlays, height, setbacks, site coverage/plot ratio, car parking, heritage, flooding/bushfire, easements.
4. Separate "typically applies" from "must verify" clearly.

## Output format
- Site summary
- Constraints table: item | first-pass read | where to verify
- Red flags (anything that could stop the project)
- Recommended specialist consultants to engage

## The one mistake to avoid
Never present this as compliant-or-not. It is a pre-check to structure the conversation with the planning authority, who remains the source of truth.