Site feasibility before purchase

The challenge

Acquisition decisions are often made on a county parcel acreage and a quick look at a flood map, without knowing how much of the land is actually usable.

The scenario

A land developer has a contract on a 42-acre tract and two weeks of due diligence. They need gross and screened developable acreage, and a list of what still needs a consultant.

What goes in

Parcel boundary

From county GIS, a deed traverse or a drawing, with its coordinate system stated.

Coordinate system

The projected system the survey and plans will use.

What you can ask

Illustrative prompts. Results depend on your own data and are not deterministic.

• “Analyze the development feasibility of this parcel.”Copy
• “Identify parcels intersecting the flood hazard layer.”Copy

How Clearception approaches it

How the work is structured. Each step shows what its output is grounded in.

1. 1

   Measure the parcel

   Observed

   Area and perimeter in the project's coordinate system, labelled with the boundary's evidence class.

2. 2

   Screen constraints

   Source

   FEMA, USFWS and NRCS layers queried for the site and intersected with the parcel.

3. 3

   Report what remains

   Estimate

   Screened developable acreage, with the missing inputs and required reviews listed.

What you get

The shape of what comes back — not a promised result.

• Acreage with basis

  Observed

  Gross, survey-verified and screened developable acreage, each with its basis or the input it needs.

• Constraint table

  Source

  Area of each parcel in each mapped flood zone, wetland type and soil unit.

Why it matters

A defensible first look

Every number says where it came from and what it is not.

Known unknowns

The report lists what still needs a surveyor, an engineer or a consultant.