Topographic plan for a building permit
An up-to-date 1:500 topographic plan for building permit documents and design: plot boundaries, neighbouring buildings, utilities and relief.
Licensed service · EL-845/2026
Design documents are at the heart of any building permit application, and the design itself rests on an up-to-date topographic plan of the plot. When placing a building on the site, the architect must keep the required distances from boundaries, neighbouring buildings, red lines and existing utilities, and all of this information comes from the topographic plan.
A topographic plan for a building permit is normally drawn at 1:500 with 0.5 m contours. It shows the plot boundaries as per the title documents and as they exist on the ground, buildings on the plot and next door with their storeys and materials, fences, streets and roads, all above- and below-ground utilities, trees and spot heights. If the fences on site do not match the legal boundaries, we tell the client before the plan is finalised.
The plan is prepared in the national coordinate system and tied to existing geodetic monuments so that coordinates in the design match those in the land documents. Measurements are taken with GNSS RTK and total stations, and the result is delivered in AutoCAD in a form the designer can use directly.
Topoqraf AZ prepares the plan in line with the applicable codes (AzDTN/SNiP); the decision to grant a permit is made by the competent authority.
When you need it
- Designing a new residential or non-residential building
- Adding a storey or extension to an existing building
- Building retail, office and service premises
- Demolishing and replacing an old structure
- Resubmitting design documents for approval
What's included
- 1:500 survey of the plot and its surroundings
- Checking title boundaries on the ground
- Storeys and materials of neighbouring buildings recorded
- Above- and below-ground utilities plotted
- Relief at 0.5 m contours with spot heights
- Drafting in the national coordinate system
How we work
- Obtaining land documents and boundary coordinates
- Checking boundary points on the ground
- Topographic survey of the plot and surroundings
- Office processing and drafting
- Handover to the client and designer
Deliverables
- 1:500 topographic plan (DWG, PDF and paper copy)
- Boundary point coordinate list
- Note on boundary discrepancies (if any)
- Technical report
