The practice is RICS regulated and our surveyors carry over 30 years of combined residential extension and rooftop experience. Rights of light assessments often accompany schemes that add height in the older parts of town where buildings sit close together.
Where a developer is 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 discuss concerns, prepare Schedules of Condition for the flats directly below the new units, and act as the named point of contact through construction. Practical issues, scaffolding, deliveries, parking, access, get resolved as they arise. The free initial assessment covers feasibility and the supporting workstreams.
Airspace work in Witham 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, and calls are answered by a qualified surveyor rather than a call centre.
Planning sits with Braintree District Council, and the route depends on house type, height, and surrounding context. Some upward extensions in Witham fall within permitted development with prior approval; larger schemes need a full application. Rights of light is a separate common law matter from planning, and party wall services usually run alongside the airspace work itself. A free initial assessment covers the likely route for a given site.
