Rights Of Light

Rights Of Light

Savills Neighbourly Matters team specialise in all aspects of neighbourly matters, with a particular emphasis on the rights of light and the related planning matters such as the party walls act, daylight & sunlight. Our expertise and ability to meet tight deadlines results in significant advantages for our clients enabling them to maximise the development potential of a site whilst minimising planning and development risk.

Savills is a market leader in property consultancy and offers a full suite of building consultancy services. Neighbourly matters are a live issue in respect of almost all building works both for developers and adjoining owners. The broad knowledge base and specialist expertise offered by Savills allows for these issues to be managed and resolved in a timely and efficient manner. Our client focused team both follow and establish industry best practice and provide real-world commercial solutions to these complex issues.

The team consists of leading surveyors and specialists in this field all of whom have worked on major schemes across the country. The team are closely aligned with the foremost academics, lawyers and counsel in the discipline and are able to advise at all stages of the development process from initial site appraisals to expert witness roles in court. The team also provide market leading services in the related disciplines of daylight & sunlight, overshadowing, solar glare, light pollution and the drafting of EIA chapters. We pride ourselves on being client facing and responsive offering a swift and professional service to deliver complete client satisfaction.