Our team prepares these reports under RICS regulation from our Essex base, with BRE 209 (2022) as the working reference. Site attendance across the district runs faster than for London-led practices, and the practice has been delivering daylight and sunlight reports across the East of England since 2004. For larger developments that could engage neighbour legal entitlements, rights of light assessments sit alongside the planning piece.
Vertical Sky Component and No Sky Line cover daylight to windows. Annual Probable Sunlight Hours covers sunlight to habitable rooms with relevant orientation. Overshadowing tests amenity space under the 21 March sun position. Sunpath studies sit alongside where seasonal access matters, and trees within the impact zone are factored in carefully given the forest-adjacent context of many Epping sites.
The report sets out methodology, figures, and design rationale. Typical turnaround is 2 to 3 weeks from instruction, with the free initial assessment covering scope before any fee is set. This is a bespoke surveying service shaped to each scheme.
BRE 209 reference values are guidance, not pass or fail. 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. The free initial assessment is the way in for an early read on whether a full study is needed at all.
