As part of planning, it is essential to maintain flexibility in the design to accommodate future changes in the market or governmental policy. An important criterion is to minimise infrastructure costs for the initial elements of the project until cash flow is improved without compromising the theme/quality of the development whilst carefully addressing the need for a commercial critical mass. There are also a number of alternatives that need to be explored during the stage of conceptual land use:

• Parcelling, Road Systems, Lot Sizes, Product Density and Mix

• Land Utilization illustrating Buildings, Facilities, Functions and Circulation Patterns

• Recreational Land Uses & Visual and Functional Links

• General Theme of Use for Special Opportunity Sites

• Internal Pedestrian and Vehicular Circulation for all Accesses, Parking etc

• Siting of Service Elements, Utilities & Open Space System

• Illustrative Master Plan showing all Elements of Project