A Right to Light Assessment is crucial because it determines the potential impact of nearby construction on a property's access to natural light. This assessment serves as the foundation for potential compensation claims and helps protect your right to light.
The Right to Light is a legal entitlement in the UK that protects property owners' access to natural light in their homes or workplaces. It ensures that property owners can enjoy an adequate level of daylight, and it's governed by specific laws and regulations.
Yes, you can. This will help to prevent time-consuming compensation claims that slow down or halt the construction process.
Our team of dedicated surveyors will be able to assess potential right to lights risks a new development will cause neighbouring properties. We will then be able to write up a full report listing the risks to a property’s right to light so these issues can be dealt with accordingly.
Yes, you can. This will help to prevent time-consuming compensation claims that slow down or halt the construction process.
Our team of dedicated surveyors will be able to assess potential right to lights risks a new development will cause neighbouring properties. We will then be able to write up a full report listing the risks to a property’s right to light so these issues can be dealt with accordingly.
If you are planning to carry out any property renovations that risk affecting the amount of light that reaches your neighbour’s property, then you could be impacting their right to light. If you don’t take their right to light into account while planning an extension to your property, you run the risk of having to [...]
The current right to light legislation refers to the level of light a property is entitled to inside their property coming from external windows. Each property is entitled to receive sufficient natural light through windows, allowing it to be used for its ordinary purpose.
Compensation may be due to you if a neighbouring property or development blocks the amount of light that can reach your property. An amount will usually be officially agreed between the two parties, and they must take into account the scale of the loss of light. If a developer is infringing on your right to [...]
If their rights to light have been infringed upon, your client will be entitled to claim compensation. It is then down to the legal process as to whether a compensatory amount will be agreed upon or whether they will settle for an alternative way to remedy the situation.
