We specialise in chartered surveying on dense urban sites where rooftop and upward extension schemes are most common, and the practice is RICS regulated with over 30 years of combined experience. Rights of light assessments are still relevant where new height affects neighbouring residential windows.
On rooftop additions to the post-war estates around central Romford and Harold Hill, 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. Airspace development advice covers feasibility on the more complex schemes.
Airspace work in Havering 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 sits with the London Borough of Havering, which reviews airspace proposals on design, height, neighbour amenity, parking, and area character. Many of the borough's detached and semi-detached houses qualify for permitted development with prior approval, which avoids a full planning application. Specialist party wall services usually run alongside the airspace work itself.
