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Site Access Request Form

Request entry to a site or restricted area with dates, escorts and the reason access is needed.

A ready-to-use facilities & property management form for small teams who need a reliable intake process: 24 questions, 3 pages, 6 conditional rules.

Questions
24
Pages
3
Layouts
classic · card
Conditional rules
6
Typical time
5 min
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Page 1 of 3Who and why

Site access request

Include your country code.

1 question is hidden by conditional logic right now — change an answer above to reveal it.

What happens after submit: nothing is stored in this preview. On your own copy, every response triggers an instant email notification and lands in your response dashboard, ready to export or forward.

Happy with it? Take a copy into your workspace — every question, rule and setting comes with it.

Who this template is for

Site Access Request Form is built for small teams who need a reliable intake process who need to collect the same complete information from everyone.

  • Small teams who need a reliable intake process working in facilities & property management.
  • Teams who need to collect the same complete information from everyone without writing code or paying for a custom build.
  • Anyone replacing chasing missing details over email with one structured record per enquiry.
  • Respondents are the people you send it to — the form asks them 24 questions across 3 screens.
  • Mobile-heavy audiences, thanks to the one-question-per-screen card layout.

Why this form is useful

It removes the cost of chasing missing details over email and turns each submission into a record your team can act on immediately.

  • 16 questions are required, so submissions arrive complete instead of needing a follow-up email.
  • It collects a verified email address so replies and confirmations land.
  • It captures a phone number for urgent follow-up.
  • It pins the request to a specific date.
  • It allows multiple selections without free text.
  • Conditional logic hides 6 questions until they are relevant — shorter forms convert better than long ones.
  • Splitting the form across 3 pages keeps each screen short and shows respondents how much is left.
  • Every response is stored, searchable and exportable, so nothing depends on one person's inbox.

How to use this template

From copy to live form is a few minutes of work, and every step is reversible.

  1. 1Press “Use this template” — a fresh copy of Site Access Request Form lands in your workspace, ready to edit.
  2. 2Rename or delete any question, and change what is required. Nothing here is fixed.
  3. 3Open Notifications and add the email addresses that should be alerted on each submission; add an auto-reply to the respondent if the form collects an email address.
  4. 4Publish it, then either share the link directly or paste the embed snippet into your site — the embedded form resizes to fit and loads no marketing or advertising trackers.
  5. 5Watch responses land in Submissions, where you can filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF.

Logic and conditions blueprint

Exactly how this form behaves as it is answered — 6 conditional rules ship with it.

  • Features conditional validation: if “Is access needed outside normal hours?” is Yes, “Lone working arrangement” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Is access needed outside normal hours?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Out-of-hours contact number”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features conditional validation: if “Does the request include any restricted area?” is Yes, “Which restricted areas” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent.
  • Features conditional validation: if “Does the request include any restricted area?” is Yes, “Is an escort required?” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent.
  • Features conditional validation: if “Is an escort required?” is Yes, “Named escort” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Has the requester completed a site induction?” is No, the form dynamically exposes “Induction to be completed before”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • All 6 rules are editable in the Logic tab, and the built-in checker warns about rules that contradict each other.

About this template

Access requests turn into arguments when nobody wrote down who asked, why, and for how long. This form captures the requester and their organisation, the areas they need to reach, and the business reason in their own words, then treats duration as a required decision rather than an afterthought: a start date, an end date, and the hours within the day. Out-of-hours access opens the additional questions that carry the risk — whether anyone else will be in the building, the lone-working arrangement, and the out-of-hours contact number. Restricted areas open the escort questions: whether an escort is required, who it will be, and whether that person has confirmed availability, because an escort who does not know they are escorting is the usual failure. The form also asks whether the requester has completed a site induction and whether a permit to work is needed for the activity, which routes the request to the right approver rather than the nearest one. Approval, decline and conditions are recorded on the same submission with the approver's name and date, so the access register is the form's own submission list rather than a spreadsheet someone maintains separately.

What this form asks

Every question is editable — rename it, make it optional, or delete it entirely.

Page 1 — Who and why

  • Requester namerequired
  • Organisation or departmentrequired
  • Email addressrequired
  • Contact numberrequired
  • Reason access is neededrequired
  • Has the requester completed a site induction?required
  • Induction to be completed before

Page 2 — Where and when

  • Siterequired
  • Areas requiredrequired
  • Does the request include any restricted area?required
  • Which restricted areas
  • Is an escort required?
  • Named escort
  • Access start daterequired
  • Access end daterequired
  • Hours requiredrequired
  • Is access needed outside normal hours?required
  • Lone working arrangement
  • Out-of-hours contact number

Page 3 — Approval

  • Is a permit to work needed for this activity?required
  • Approverrequired
  • Decisionrequired
  • Conditions or reason for decline
  • Decision date

24 questions in total.

How the form changes as it's filled in

This template ships with 6 conditional rules, grouped into 5 behaviours driven by 4 questions. Everything below is already set up — edit or delete any rule once the template is in your workspace.

Driven by “Is access needed outside normal hours?

  • Makes answers required

    If “Is access needed outside normal hours?” is Yes, “Lone working arrangement” becomes required before the form can be submitted.

  • Reveals questions

    If “Is access needed outside normal hours?” is Yes, the form reveals “Out-of-hours contact number”.

Driven by “Does the request include any restricted area?

  • Makes answers required

    If “Does the request include any restricted area?” is Yes, “Which restricted areas” and “Is an escort required?” become required before the form can be submitted.

Driven by “Is an escort required?

  • Makes answers required

    If “Is an escort required?” is Yes, “Named escort” becomes required before the form can be submitted.

Driven by “Has the requester completed a site induction?

  • Reveals questions

    If “Has the requester completed a site induction?” is No, the form reveals “Induction to be completed before”.

Set it up step by step

  1. 1

    Copy the template

    Rename it for the site whose access you control and publish the link to contractors and internal teams alike.

  2. 2

    List your areas

    Replace the Areas required options with your real zones, and mark which of them are restricted in the help text.

  3. 3

    Set your approvers

    Change the Approver dropdown to the people who can actually authorise access to each zone.

  4. 4

    Require induction first

    Use the induction question to hold requests until the Contractor Induction Form has been completed.

  5. 5

    Audit expiry weekly

    Filter submissions by Access end date and withdraw credentials as they lapse.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Granting open-ended access because no end date was requested.
  • Approving restricted-area access without checking whether an escort is genuinely available.
  • Letting requests arrive by email, so nobody can say later who approved what.

What it pairs with

Most teams don't run this form on its own. These are the forms and systems it sits next to.

What to do with the responses

Approve or decline on the record, issue the credential through the Key and Fob Issue Form, and audit expiring access weekly.

Works in both layouts

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Frequently asked questions

Can I request access for a whole team?

You can, but name every individual in the request. Credentials are issued to people, and an unnamed team member has no record behind their badge.

How long should access be granted for?

For the length of the job plus a small buffer. Open-ended access is the most common finding in an access audit.

What if the escort is unavailable on the day?

The access should not proceed. That is why the form asks whether the named escort has confirmed rather than simply who they are.

Does approval here replace the permit to work?

No. Access lets someone into the area; the permit authorises the work. Both are needed for permit-controlled activities.

Where is the access register?

It is the submission list for this form. Filtering by area and date gives you a live register without a separate spreadsheet.

Is the Site Access Request Form template free to use?

Yes. You can preview and test Site Access Request Form on this page without an account, and take a copy into your own HelloForms workspace on the free plan. There is nothing to install and no card required to publish it.

What does the Site Access Request Form template ask for?

It asks 24 questions across 3 pages, 16 of which are required. Every question is listed in full further down this page, and each one can be renamed, reordered, made optional or deleted after you copy the template.

Can I edit the Site Access Request Form form after copying it?

Yes — the copy is entirely yours. Change wording, add or remove questions, switch between the classic and card layouts, restyle it to match your brand, and set who gets notified on each submission.

How does the conditional logic in this facilities & property management form work?

6 conditional rules ship with the template: Features conditional validation: if “Is access needed outside normal hours?” is Yes, “Lone working arrangement” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent. Features advanced show logic: if “Is access needed outside normal hours?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Out-of-hours contact number”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features conditional validation: if “Does the request include any restricted area?” is Yes, “Which restricted areas” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent. All rules are editable in the Logic tab.

Where do responses to the Site Access Request Form form go?

Submissions land in your workspace under Submissions, where you can search, filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF. You can also email a notification to your team on every submission and send the respondent an auto-reply.

Can I embed the Site Access Request Form form on my own website?

Yes. Publish the form and paste the embed snippet into any page or share the direct link. The embedded form resizes to fit its container and loads no advertising or marketing trackers inside the iframe.

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