Our Essex team prepares these reports under RICS regulation from our Wickford office, with BRE 209 (2022) as the working reference. Site attendance across the Maldon district runs faster than for London-led practices, and the broader practice has been delivering daylight and sunlight reports across the East of England since 2004. Where works cross a shared boundary, party wall services sit alongside the daylight piece.
Overshadowing analysis on amenity space tests the 21 March sun position. Sunpath studies cover seasonal access where these add useful evidence, particularly on estuary-facing plots where orientation drives a lot of the result. Trees within the impact zone are factored in, with retention or removal flagged where it changes the outcome of the assessment.
A typical turnaround is 2 to 3 weeks from instruction. Calls come through to a qualified surveyor rather than a call centre, and a free initial assessment confirms scope before any fee is committed. This is a bespoke surveying service shaped to each scheme.
A well-argued report sets out the shortfall, explains the cause, and shows the design steps taken to mitigate it. Reports are turned around in 2 to 3 weeks. Where the scheme involves building over an existing property, airspace development advice sits alongside the daylight piece. The free initial assessment is the way in for borderline cases.
