Conceptual Site Planning

See How Your Development Could Fit Before You Invest in Full Design.

A conceptual CAD site exhibit is a scaled study drawing. It shows the building footprint, parking, drives, setbacks, and buffers on your actual parcel geometry so you can judge whether the program fits — before paying for architecture and engineering.

CONCEPTUAL ONLY — NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION

Conceptual site plan showing building footprint, parking field, drive entrances, setback lines and perimeter landscape buffers
Example conceptual layout study

CONCEPTUAL ONLY — NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION

What the exhibit shows

Enough detail to make a decision. Not a construction document.

Conceptual exhibits are planning tools. They support conversations with partners, lenders, and jurisdictions, and they tell you whether to move to licensed design — but they are not engineered, sealed, or permit-ready.

  • Building footprints

    Scaled placement of the proposed structure inside the usable envelope.

  • Parking

    Preliminary stall layout and count against the ratio the local code applies to your use.

  • Driveways

    Entry location relative to frontage, sight lines, and internal drive geometry.

  • Property setbacks

    Front, side, and rear setback lines drawn from the zoning district standards.

  • Buffers

    Landscape and adjacency buffers that reduce the area available for building and pavement.

  • Circulation

    Vehicle, service, and pedestrian movement through the site at a conceptual level.

  • Potential site organization

    One or more layout options so you can compare how the program could be arranged.

Important

Every conceptual drawing carries the same notation.

Conceptual plans and exhibits are for preliminary planning purposes only. They are not construction documents, surveys, engineering plans, or permit documents. Where engineering, surveying, or architectural work is required, SiteWise coordinates with or recommends appropriately licensed professionals.

CONCEPTUAL ONLY — NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION

Discuss my site.

Tell us about the property and the program, and we will explain what a conceptual exhibit would show.