Feasibility
Feasibility is the analysis of whether a project is viable on a parcel under its zoning — where the land, the rules, and the numbers meet.
Feasibility is the analysis of whether a project is viable on a given parcel under its zoning. It's the step where the physical facts of the land and the rules that govern it meet the numbers.
Why it matters
The most expensive mistakes in a build happen before anything is built — pursuing a project that was never going to pencil out. Feasibility is the gut-check that comes before commitment, so you can spend effort on ideas that have a real path forward.
Site summary vs full feasibility
On the Projects map, Project Scout can produce a Site summary after exploration — a short brief with parcels, area, zone, and build-envelope hints. That is an early read to decide whether a site is worth studying further. See site exploration for the full map workflow.
The full feasibility panel on a framed site goes deeper: it is the structured analysis you run when you are ready to assess viability on a specific selection. Ask Scout to Assess development potential or open the feasibility body after you frame a site on the map.
See Prompting BuckyAssist for example prompts.
What it considers
Feasibility brings together the inputs Bucky already understands about a project:
- What the parcel physically allows — its size and shape.
- What its zoning permits — the regulatory envelope.
- How those combine into whether a given idea is workable.
Feasibility is a decision aid, not a guarantee. It's designed to tell you whether an idea is worth pursuing further, not to replace detailed design, engineering, or professional advice.
After feasibility
A project that looks viable is ready to move forward — which is where services come in: the people who can design and build it.
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