Our team prepares these reports under RICS regulation from our Hampshire office, which covers the Dorset coast as a natural extension of the Hampshire service area. BRE 209 (2022) is the working reference, and the practice has been delivering daylight and sunlight reports across the South Coast since 2004. Where works cross a shared boundary, party wall services sit alongside the daylight piece.
Vertical Sky Component covers light to windows. Annual Probable Sunlight Hours covers sunlight to habitable rooms with relevant orientation. Overshadowing analysis tests amenity space under the 21 March sun position. Sunpath studies sit alongside where seasonal access matters for the scheme, particularly on south-facing seafront plots where orientation drives much of the result.
The report sets out methodology, figures, and design rationale where the numbers run below BRE 209 reference values. Typical turnaround is 2 to 3 weeks from instruction. A free initial assessment confirms scope before any fee is set. This is a bespoke surveying service shaped to each scheme.
The 2 to 3 week turnaround means the report fits within most planning programmes without slowing submission. Reports follow BRE 209 (2022), and the free initial assessment runs through scope before any fee is set, so an early read on whether a full study is needed costs nothing to obtain.
