The practice is RICS regulated and our surveyors carry over 30 years of combined experience. Larger schemes typically need airspace development advice on feasibility, structural capacity, and the planning route before an application is prepared.
On the larger rooftop schemes across Grays' post-war residential blocks, the existing occupants liaison role becomes the central piece. We make initial contact with each leaseholder below the proposed units, attend meetings to discuss concerns, prepare Schedules of Condition for the flats directly below, and act as the named point of contact through the build. Day-to-day issues, scaffolding, deliveries, parking, and access, get handled as they arise, with rights of light assessments covering the impact on surrounding buildings.
Airspace projects in Grays typically sit 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 sits with Thurrock Council, which reviews airspace proposals on design, height, neighbour amenity, parking, and area character. Some upward extensions in Grays fall within permitted development with prior approval, while larger rooftop schemes need a full planning application. Daylight and sunlight reports usually form part of the submission for schemes that add meaningful height. A free initial assessment covers the likely route for a given site.
