Track record
Commercial building extension, George Street, Richmond
Sheen Lane Developments Ltd
Instructed to provide Daylight and Sunlight services for the development proposals
![Georges Street, Bristol](https://rapleys.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/George-Street.png)
Neighbourly Matters
Rights to Light
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Residential
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The project
St Georges Street is a high street in Richmond comprising hotels, shops, restaurants and residential properties. 9- 10 Georges Street was a two-storey commercial building with an attic loft and a furniture shop on the ground floor. Sheen Lane Developments Ltd acquired the site and sought to construct a series of extensions, maintaining a commercial unit on the ground floor and creating residential units on the storeys above.
Rapleys Neighbourly Matters team were instructed to provide Daylight and Sunlight (Neighbouring & Internal) services on the proposals for this development. This was to assess the adequacy of light available to neighbouring properties and the amount received with the proposed development itself.
Our solution
- Making use of vantage point access to a property facing the rear of the proposed development, we were able to provide constructive initial advice to the developer and architect from an early stage
- Compiled a comprehensive 3D model of the site and neighbouring properties. The architect’s proposals were incorporated and our specialist in-house software was applied to the model
- 3D model findings, commentary and conclusions were presented to the client for onward submission
- The findings were used in a report submitted to the Local Authority, prosing the development to be a ‘good neighbour’
- Our input was closely linked with the design process, to ensure changes to the development met the Daylight & Sunlight requirements.
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![](https://rapleys.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Dan-Tapscott-1.jpg)
Partner & Head of Neighbourly Matters – Building Consultancy