Our Essex team covers the island and the surrounding mainland from our Wickford office, with site attendance running faster than for London-led practices working out to this part of the estuary. The work is RICS regulated and prepared against BRE 209 (2022). For sites where work also crosses a shared boundary, party wall services sit alongside the daylight piece, handled by the same team.
Where ground-level amenity sits inside the impact zone, overshadowing analysis runs against the 21 March sun position recommended in the guidance. Sunpath studies cover seasonal access where these add useful evidence, particularly on south-facing seafront plots. Trees are factored in where they materially change the result.
A typical turnaround is 2 to 3 weeks from instruction. Calls are answered by a qualified surveyor rather than a call centre, and a free initial assessment sets out the scope before any fee is committed. This is a bespoke surveying service shaped to each scheme.
Reports are turned around in 2 to 3 weeks. Where the scheme involves building over an existing property, airspace development advice sits alongside the daylight piece, both run by the same team. The free initial assessment is the way in for an early read on whether a full study is needed at all.
