The practice is RICS regulated and our surveyors carry over 30 years of combined residential extension and rooftop experience. Most schemes need party wall services where the new structure shares a boundary or wall with an adjoining home.
Where a developer is adding flats above an existing residential block, the existing occupants liaison role becomes the central piece. We make initial contact with each leaseholder, attend meetings to discuss concerns, prepare Schedules of Condition for the flats directly below, and act as the named point of contact throughout construction. Practical site issues, parking, deliveries, scaffolding, access, get resolved as they arise, with daylight and sunlight reports typically forming part of the planning submission.
Airspace work in Canvey Island typically sits alongside daylight and sunlight, rights of light, and party wall workstreams on the same scheme. The same surveyor stays on the project from instruction to handover.
Planning routes vary. Some upward extensions on Canvey Island fall within permitted development rights, while larger schemes need a full application. Castle Point Borough Council reviews proposals on design, amenity, and the wider character of the area, and flood-zone considerations also feed into the assessment for some sites. A free initial assessment covers feasibility and the supporting workstreams.
