The practice is RICS regulated and our surveyors carry over 30 years of combined residential extension and rooftop experience. Daylight and sunlight reports typically accompany the planning submission to Epping Forest District Council, given the town's tighter plot density in some streets.
The second is a developer adding flats above an existing residential block. The role widens to full occupant liaison. We make initial contact with each leaseholder, hold attended meetings to talk through plans, prepare Schedules of Condition for the flats directly below the new units, and act as the named point of contact through the build. Practical issues, scaffolding, deliveries, parking, access, get resolved as they arise, with party wall services running on the building itself.
Airspace work in Epping 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 completion.
Planning sits with Epping Forest District Council, and the route through the planning system depends on house type, height, and surrounding context. Some upward extensions fall within permitted development; larger schemes need a full application. Rights of light is a separate common law matter, and rights of light assessments often catch surrounding owners' attention before they raise objections through planning. A free initial assessment sets out the likely route for a given site.
