Airspace Surveyor in Wandsworth

An airspace development creates new homes by building above an existing roof. Wandsworth sees rooftop schemes on post-war estates and mansion blocks alongside upward extensions on the terraced housing in suburban parts. Our role covers the existing residents below the development, the schedules of condition that record each flat before construction starts, and the day-to-day liaison through the build.

Airspace Surveying Work in Wandsworth

Wandsworth covers some of London's most varied residential building types. The post-war estates across Battersea, Roehampton, and parts of Tooting carry significant mid-rise blocks suited to rooftop schemes. The mansion blocks through Battersea, Clapham Junction, and parts of Putney add another concentration of buildings where rooftop additions come forward. Outer parts of the borough through Putney, Wimbledon Park, Earlsfield, and Wandsworth Common run more heavily to Victorian terraces and semi-detached homes, where the work shifts to upward extensions and side-and-up additions on individual properties.

Specialist chartered surveying on dense urban sites is where most of our airspace work sits, and the practice is RICS regulated with over 30 years of combined experience. Daylight and sunlight reports typically accompany the planning submission given the impact of new height on the borough's dense streets.

Airspace Developments

As well as providing daylight, sunlight and rights of light advice, our role would be to make contact with the occupants of the existing building to establish any concerns regarding the development. We will work closely with the professional team to identify the initial questions and look at how these can be addressed.

It is our experience that maintaining the same point of contact for the duration of the project offers the existing occupants’ reassurance and continuity.

Services Provided

  • Make initial contact with existing occupants.

  • Attend meetings to discuss any concerns of the existing occupants.

  • Recording Schedules of Condition of the flats below the proposed units.

  • Act as a liaison between the developer and occupants throughout the project.

  • Assist in resolving any issues that may arise such as car parking, site setup etc.

What does an airspace surveyor do in Wandsworth?

On rooftop additions to Wandsworth's post-war estates and mansion blocks, the existing occupants liaison role is central. 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 the new units, and act as the named point of contact through construction. Day-to-day issues, scaffolding placement, deliveries, parking restrictions, access, get handled as they arise.

On homeowner-led upward extensions across the borough's terraced streets, the focus shifts to the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, neighbour relations, rights of light risk on adjoining homes, and protection of the existing structure. Notices are served on every adjoining owner where a party wall is involved. Airspace development advice covers feasibility and the planning route on more complex sites.

Airspace work in Wandsworth 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.

Over the past four years, CHP have worked very successfully with us in their capacity as party wall surveyors. Through his calm, sensible approach and excellent communication skills James Crowley, in particular, gained the trust and confidence of the entire team and stakeholders. Looking forward to working with CHP again.”

- Clare Goggin, Jackson Coles

Why instruct an airspace surveyor in Wandsworth?

Airspace schemes carry more risk than a standard extension because the building below is occupied and the work happens at height. A dedicated surveyor takes the relationship with the existing residents off the developer's plate, reduces the chance of disputes becoming claims, and gives the project a single point of contact for the residents to raise concerns with.

Outcomes from a well-run scheme include programme certainty, fewer damage claims, and planning sign-off without late objections from neighbours. Planning routes in Wandsworth run through the London Borough of Wandsworth, with conservation area constraints across parts of Battersea, Putney, and Wandsworth Common adding heritage considerations to some sites. Specialist party wall services usually run alongside the airspace work itself.

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Wickford, Essex
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020 3714 4090
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