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Feasibility studies
Site feasibility studies
Know what a site can deliver before you commit: yield, massing, planning risk and 3D studies from architects who design and approve buildings every week.
In short
JAM Architects prepares site feasibility studies for developers, landowners and community housing providers in Melbourne and Geelong, testing yield, building envelopes, planning controls and design options before purchase or before a planning application.
Feasibility studies
Decide with confidence
The most important decisions on a project are made before anyone draws a final plan: whether to buy the site, how much to pay, and what to build. A feasibility study gives you a clear, tested answer to those questions.
We look at the planning controls and overlays, the neighbours, the heritage and the market, then test massing and yield options in 3D so you can see the trade-offs.
Because we design and take buildings through planning every week, our feasibility advice reflects what councils and VCAT actually approve, not just what the controls allow on paper.
What we design
What a study covers
Planning controls
Zones, overlays, heights, setbacks and policy that apply to the site.
Yield and massing
Options for building envelope, dwelling or floor area yield and mix.
Planning risk
Our view of what council and VCAT are likely to support, and why.
3D studies
Massing models and views from the street. 3D visualisation
Staging
How a large site could be delivered over time.
Next steps
A clear path to a planning application if you proceed.
Featured projects
Selected work
Whitehall Street
A master plan reimagining a series of former car-parts manufacturing factories on a site of over 13,000 m² with significant street frontages, 150...
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Ballarat Road
The redevelopment of a large vacant site into a six-storey residential complex.
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The Mill
The Mill is an urban infill project that adapts the historic Returned Soldiers and Sailors textile mill buildings for new mixed uses.
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Lusher Road
One of the largest projects in Victoria's Big Housing Build, Lusher Road is "the redevelopment of an existing industrial site into a social...
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Hampton Quarter
A mixed-use urban renewal development that consolidates several under-used parcels and an existing car park.
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Iramoo
Iramoo in Balwyn is a multi-residential development designed by JAM Architects.
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Services that support it
Master Planning & Urban Design
Precinct and site master plans that connect to their place.
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Apartments, townhouses, build-to-rent and social housing.
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Asked and answered
When should I commission a feasibility study?
Ideally before you buy a site or sign a contract, or before you brief a full design for a planning application.
How long does a feasibility study take?
It depends on the site and the questions, but most studies are a matter of weeks rather than months. We confirm the scope and timing with you first.
Do you do feasibility for community housing providers?
Yes. We have designed social housing at Lusher Road, Croydon, for Community Housing Victoria and understand the requirements of those projects.
Do you work on feasibility in Geelong?
Yes, from our Newtown studio.
Next step
Tell us about your project.
A site you are buying, a planning permit, a new home or a full precinct: start with a conversation with one of our directors.
Contact
Start with a conversation
Tell us about the site and what you have in mind. A director from our Melbourne or Geelong studio will come back to you to talk it through.
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Melbourne studio
Geelong studio