We have an established Hampshire presence and the practice is RICS regulated, with surveyors carrying over 30 years of combined residential extension and rooftop experience. Daylight and sunlight reports typically accompany the planning submission to Isle of Wight Council.
Where a developer is adding flats above an existing residential block in Newport or one of the seafront towns, 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, with airspace development advice covering the wider planning and feasibility picture.
Airspace work on the Isle of Wight typically sits alongside daylight and sunlight, rights of light, and party wall workstreams on the same scheme. The same surveyor handles the project end-to-end from the mainland.
Some upward extensions on detached and semi-detached houses can proceed under permitted development with a prior approval application. Rooftop additions to blocks of flats almost always need a full planning application. Right of light claims sit outside the planning process. A free initial assessment covers feasibility and the most likely planning route, and party wall services typically run alongside.
