CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

DUE DILIGENCE CHECKLIST

SITE INFORMATION
Site address	Access assessment and arrangements
Site location map	Site logistics assessment
Contact details for neighbors	Site security
LEGAL SEARCHES
Deeds and title Information	Tree Preservation Orders or other tree rights
Ownership (including boundaries and possible disputes)	Listed buildings
Liens	Conservation areas, or other designated areas
Zoning restrictions	Building regulations approvals
State and local government planned works within the vicinity of the site	Statutory waterways and any associated restrictions
Possible compulsory purchase orders	Railways and any associated restrictions
Utility easement agreements (telecommunications, electrical networks, etc.)	On-site advertisements
Existing licenses	Air space restrictions
Easements (rights of way, the right for underground services to pass beneath the land, etc.)	Car parking licenses and agreements
Restricted covenants	Existing occupants and illegal occupation

SURVEYS
Topographical survey	Archaeological survey
Existing building survey (including valuation, measured surveys, structural surveys, structural investigations, condition surveys and demolition surveys)	Asbestos and other deleterious materials surveys and registers
Local area transport infrastructure (adequacy and future use)
Usable area	Ecology survey

Historic use report	Local climate
Site investigations	Vegetation
Contamination survey	Soil survey
Boundary surveys	Photographic survey
Structural survey (including retained structures, underground structures and obstructions)	Public transit
Railway and tunnel search	Schools
Air quality	Retail and shopping
SITE SERVICES
Fire hydrants	Gas network infrastructure and capacity
Telecommunications	Sewer and drain infrastructure and capacity
Wireless networks and satellite reception	Existing water supply infrastructure and capacity
Electrical infrastructure and capacity
PLANNING
Planning applications and approvals for the site and within the vicinity of the site, including conditions and obligations (agreed or in draft)	Sustainability statement
Heritage report
Social and economic desktop study	Traffic assessment
Access statement	Flood risk
Statement of community involvement	Air quality
Cumulative impact report	Acoustic environment and noise
Visual impact assessment

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