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Servicing Feasibility Studies

Early servicing and approval-risk analysis for acquisition decisions.

What a feasibility study covers

A feasibility study tells you whether a site can be serviced before you commit to it. It is front-end due diligence, not a submission document.

The study identifies where the connections would come from. It checks whether the existing infrastructure has room for what you intend to build.

It also flags the approval risks attached to the site. That includes regulated areas, drainage constraints, and known downstream limitations.

The output is a clear read on cost and risk. You learn what servicing the site would require, and which of those requirements are expensive.

This work is most valuable during an acquisition window. It is far cheaper to find a servicing constraint before closing than after.

Where the constraint turns out to be downstream capacity, the analysis extends into a full trunk capacity study. Once you proceed, the same groundwork carries into the Functional Servicing Report.

For more on assessing development sites early, read Engineering Due Diligence Before Buying Development Land .

When you need a feasibility study and what it includes

When you need one

  • Before closing on a development site
  • Testing density options on land you already hold
  • Sites with no obvious servicing connection
  • Land near a watercourse or regulated area
  • Rural or edge-of-service-area parcels
  • Comparing two or more candidate sites

What you receive

  • Available servicing connections and their locations
  • Preliminary capacity read on each service
  • Stormwater constraints and likely control requirements
  • Regulated area and conservation authority exposure
  • Approval pathway and the studies it will require
  • Key cost and risk items called out plainly
  • A written summary you can put in front of a lender

The problem found too late

Some applications arrived carrying a problem that was decided long before the drawings started. A site bought on the assumption that servicing was straightforward, where the nearest sewer with capacity sat several hundred metres away. Nothing in the review process fixes that. The question is worth answering before the land changes hands.