Don’t be like England. First, it’s “only a small area, we don’t have to use careful plans”, and then it’s a town with 30,000 people and extremely confusing roads.
- Make a small section for each thing. Eg. “this 7x7 area is for the blast furnace”. Leave a little extra space. You will need it.
- Make good paths. Or, if you don’t care, make paths by leaving empty space between sections.
- Make an area for “temporary builds”. If you use a temporary machine often, build it permanently somewhere else.
- Make sure that whatever you build now, you can make it bigger later.