Samples

Sample site reports

Each example went through the same automated pipeline you'll use, straight from public LiDAR with no hand editing. The boundaries are drawn on open land to show what the reports find; they aren't plots for sale.

3D view of the LiDAR ground model for the hillside plot by a burn, strathtay, with the plot outlined in amber

Hillside plot by a burn, Strathtay

A burn gully cuts down one side. SEPA's surface-water map follows it. The report steers the house to the gentle north-west corner, well clear of the water.

slope at the best spot, C (runner-up A: 1 in 7)
1 in 26
digging for a level platform at C (A: 40 m³)
12 m³
of the plot in SEPA's high-likelihood surface-water map, along the burn
5.9%

0.71 ha. LiDAR for Scotland Phase 1, flown 2011–2012.

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3D view of the LiDAR ground model for the clifftop plot, berwickshire coast, with the plot outlined in amber

Clifftop plot, Berwickshire coast

A 100 m drop to the sea, and most of it inside protected nature sites.

height difference across the plot
100.2 m
overall slope, falling to the north
1 in 2
inside protected nature sites (SSSI, SAC and SPA)
90%

2.88 ha. LiDAR for Scotland Phase 3, flown 2015–2019.

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3D view of the LiDAR ground model for the steep rural plot, galloway, with the plot outlined in amber

Steep rural plot, Galloway

Steep and wooded. The spot comparison finds the one flat-ish shelf.

height difference across the plot
41.7 m
overall slope, falling to the south-east
1 in 3
under the best build spot (C), against 1 in 2 at the runner-up (A)
1 in 18

1.03 ha. LiDAR for Scotland Phase 3, flown 2015–2019.

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3D view of the LiDAR ground model for the hillside plot, pentland hills, with the plot outlined in amber

Hillside plot, Pentland Hills

A classic self-build slope. Where you put the house changes the digging.

height difference across the plot
35.8 m
overall slope, falling to the south-west
1 in 4
under the best build spot (B), against 1 in 4 at the runner-up (A)
1 in 9

1.00 ha. LiDAR for Scotland Phase 5, flown 2021.

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