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Daylight and sunlight assessment in the West Midlands

27 providers offering daylight and sunlight assessment in or across the West Midlands, including national firms. A chartered surveyor or consultant experienced in daylight, sunlight and rights of light, using the BRE guidance.

27 daylight and sunlight consultantsthe West Midlands
Who needs oneApplicants whose extension, new home or flats sit close to neighbouring windows, and owners worried about losing light to a neighbour’s building work
Who can do itA chartered surveyor or consultant experienced in daylight, sunlight and rights of light, using the BRE guidance
WhenBefore you submit the application if the council asks for it, and before design is fixed if neighbours’ windows are close

27 daylight and sunlight consultants for the West Midlands

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Daylight and sunlight assessment in the West Midlands

This page lists daylight and sunlight consultants covering Birmingham and the West Midlands conurbation, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire and Herefordshire, with cities such as Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Worcester and Hereford. Planning applications go to the district, borough, city or unitary council for the site, and each council publishes its own validation checklist listing the reports it expects.

We list 9 firms for daylight and sunlight assessment in the West Midlands. All of them also cover other regions. Another 18 firms say they cover the whole UK.

Of the 9, 5 state an accreditation or membership, most often ATTMA (2) and RICS (2). We have verified 1 of the 9 listings; the rest are as each firm states. See how we check listings.

Nearby regions for daylight and sunlight assessment: South West, South East, East Midlands, North West and Wales. Other reports in the West Midlands: party wall surveyor, topographical survey, heritage statement, noise impact assessment and air tightness testing.

About daylight and sunlight assessment

A daylight and sunlight assessment measures how much natural light a new building or extension would take from neighbouring windows and gardens, and how much light the new rooms themselves would get. Councils ask for one when a scheme could affect neighbours, and it is often confused with a right to light survey, which answers a different question.

Getting signed off in England

In England, your council’s building control team or a registered building control approver checks the work. They issue a completion or final certificate once they have the reports they need, such as the as-built SAP, EPC, air test and any sound or ventilation test results.

Read the full guide to daylight and sunlight assessment →