Assessment of Daylight, Sunlight & Overshadowing

Daylight, Sunlight & Overshadowing

With increasing pressures for land, especially in our cities, new developments are becoming taller and are located closer to their neighbours than ever before. It is now becoming more common for Local Authorities to require that building projects are assessed to see whether they will affect the amount of sunlight or daylight which neighbouring buildings will receive. Additionally there is often a requirement to assess whether local playgrounds, parks or gardens will suffer from overshadowing.