Our Essex team prepares these reports under RICS regulation, working from offices in London, Wickford, and Hampshire. Site attendance across the district runs faster than for London-only practices, and we have been delivering daylight and sunlight reports across the East of England since 2004. For larger schemes that could engage neighbour legal entitlements, rights of light assessments sit alongside the planning piece.
Overshadowing analysis on ground-level amenity tests the 21 March sun position recommended in the guidance. Sunpath studies cover seasonal access where these add useful evidence. Trees within the impact zone are factored in carefully given the forest-adjacent context of many Loughton sites, with retention or removal flagged where it changes the outcome.
A typical turnaround is 2 to 3 weeks from instruction. Calls are answered by a qualified surveyor, and a free initial assessment sets out scope before any fee is committed. This is a bespoke surveying service rather than a templated output.
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.
