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Site setting.

Elevation, neighbours, designations, distances, flight paths and sunlight.

Every line on the map, that matters.

£15 a month on its own, or included in Business

25% off when you take 3 or more land tools.

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General information as at October 2026. Not legal advice; check the regulation or ask a competent person.

Imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community

Site
Riverside plot
Reference
STE-RVQ01
Area
1.6 ha, illustrative
Real imagery; the tower and its plot are illustrative.

What it does.

  1. Min, max, mean, slope, aspect.

    SAMRISK samples the terrain across your site boundary from Open-Meteo elevation data and works out the lowest, highest and mean ground level, the steepest slope and the dominant aspect, with a profile along a transect. Replace the estimate with survey figures when you have them.

    • Minimum, maximum and mean elevation in metres
    • Maximum slope as a percentage
    • Dominant aspect of the ground
    • Source recorded, such as EA LIDAR, OS Terrain 50 or a ground survey

  2. Heights of neighbours, rights of light and BRE 209.

    Every neighbouring building with eaves and ridge heights and storey count, drawn on the map. SAMRISK flags neighbours at 18 m or 7 storeys and above as a prompt to check the Building Safety Act test, and records windows with rights of light under the Prescription Act 1832. Vertical sky component values for BRE 209 daylight assessments.

    • Eaves and ridge heights, storey count
    • Distance and bearing from your site
    • Protected-window flag with the 20-year period start date
    • BRE 209 vertical sky component

  3. Every designation the site is in or near.

    Green Belt, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, National Park, SSSI, SPA, SAC, local wildlife site, AQMA, London View Management Framework, World Heritage Site buffer and archaeological priority area. Each entry records whether the site is inside the designation or nearby.

    • 11 designation types
    • Inside or nearby, with distance
    • Classification and official reference
    • Effective from and until dates

Real screens

In the app.

How site setting looks in SAMRISK, on the example estate.

app.samrisk.co.uk/sites/meadow-farm-phase-2/setting
The shape of the ground, the neighbours and what flies over. Illustrative records.
Setting and heightsThe shape of the ground, the neighbours and what flies over. Illustrative records.

The example estate; records are illustrative.

Connects to.

Feeds it

  • It starts the threadIts records sit on the same buildings, sites and people as every other tool.
Site settingLand

It feeds

  • Tasks and documentsShared by every tool.

Questions.

Is the map editor live yet?

Yes. Neighbouring buildings are drawn on the satellite map, and the terrain is sampled from your site boundary. Designations, distances and heights are entered by hand from the source you checked.

Does this connect to the safety case module?

Neighbouring buildings at 18 m or 7 storeys and above show a banner here. Your own buildings' higher-risk status lives in the safety case module.

What about rights of light agreements?

SAMRISK records the flag, the window count, the prescriptive period start date and notes, and you can attach any agreement. The negotiation itself stays with your surveyor, who can work from the same records.

Related tools.

  • Boundaries and titleTitle, easements, covenants and party walls, drawn on the map.In Business, or £15
  • Grounds and treesTrees, hedges and landscape assets with QR tags and inspections.In Business, or £15
  • Tree preservation ordersProtected trees, consent applications on the eight-week decision clock, and six-week notices for trees in conservation areas.In Business, or £10
  • Buried servicesWhat is under the ground, and permits to dig that cannot be approved until every check is done.In Business, or £15

Know what surrounds the site before you plan.

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