We specialise in chartered surveying on dense urban sites where rooftop and upward extension schemes are most common. The practice is RICS regulated with over 30 years of combined residential extension and rooftop experience. Airspace development advice covers feasibility and the planning route before any application is prepared.
On rooftop additions to mansion blocks and post-war estates around Bromley town centre and Penge, the existing occupants liaison role becomes central. We make initial contact with each leaseholder below the proposed units, prepare Schedules of Condition for the flats directly below, and act as the named point of contact through construction. Daylight and sunlight reports typically accompany the planning submission given the impact of new height on neighbouring properties.
Airspace work in Bromley 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.
Where airspace work is feasible, the planning route depends on building type and proposed height. Many of Bromley's detached and semi-detached houses qualify for permitted development with prior approval, which avoids a full planning application. Rooftop additions to blocks of flats almost always need a full application. Rights of light assessments sit outside the planning process but often run in parallel where new height affects surrounding properties.
