Our dedicated rights of light team work closely with clients to provide advice in relation to daylight, sunlight, overshadowing and rights of light matters, and deliver dynamic and bespoke solutions that maximise the development potential of a site.
We work with developers, local authorities and private clients on projects ranging from small private developments through to major regeneration schemes, providing expert advice on daylight, sunlight and overshadowing amenity from the outset of a project through to supporting planning applications as well as advice on all aspects of legal rights to light including strategy, advice, reports and insurance.
With our expert knowledge and using the latest software, we can pinpoint potential problems quickly and provide fast, strategic advice to enable developers to design the best schemes for development sites whilst navigating through often challenging Right to Light restrictions.
Throughout the design development stages of a project, we also work closely with the architects devising design solutions that seek to reduce Rights of Light risks wherever possible.
Specialisms
- Initial appraisal and indicative analysis (technical and legal)
- Survey based technical analysis
- Full technical analysis
- Strategic reporting
- Negotiations
- Agreement of Heads of Terms
- Expert witness
- Scheme cutbacks or enhancements
- Maximum building envelopes
Featured Projects
calfordseaden were appointed to provide Rights of Light services for a 1000-unit city centre regeneration scheme in the heart of Norwich.
Norwich
Anglia Square
This Multi Storey Car Park (MSCP), provides 546 parking spaces and an additional 27 open air surface car parking spaces alongside a four storey office and residential scheme.
Bishop’s Stortford
Northgate End
Conversion of former prison building into residential accommodation.
Portsmouth
Kingston Prison
The site comprises two terraced properties located on a corner plot in Belgravia London which are grade 2* listed buildings over seven storeys.
London
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy
The Boxing Academy is an award winning school which offers an alternative educational approach realised through the discipline and ethos of boxing.
London
The Boxing Academy
calfordseaden was appointed to provide Civil & Structural Engineering, Party Wall and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering for this inner London development.
London
Dover Court
This innovative regeneration scheme provides 8150000 mixed tenure homes, a new community centre, retail facilities and an energy centre.
London
Durand Estate
calfordseaden’s Rights of Light team was appointed to analyse how the extension Handrail House would affect the neighbouring four storey property.
London
Handrail House Rights of Light
calfordseaden was appointed to provide a rights of light assessment of the impact a new three storey building would have on the surrounding properties.
Cambridgeshire
Bourn Hall Fertility Clinic