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 Rochford district runs faster than for London-led practices, and the practice has been delivering daylight and sunlight reports across the East of England since 2004.
Vertical Sky Component and No Sky Line cover daylight to windows. Annual Probable Sunlight Hours covers sunlight to habitable rooms with relevant orientation. Overshadowing analysis on amenity space tests the 21 March sun position recommended in the guidance. Sunpath studies sit alongside where seasonal access matters for the scheme, particularly on conservation-area sites where existing form is tight.
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 covers scope before any fee is set. This is a bespoke surveying service shaped to each scheme.
BRE 209 reference values are guidance, not pass or fail. Reports are turned around in 2 to 3 weeks. For larger developments that could engage neighbour legal entitlements, rights of light assessments sit alongside the planning piece, both handled by the same team from instruction through to the planning submission.
