Daylight assessments 25degree rule for planning applications

By Su Young Lee, Syntegra Senior Sustainability Consultant In designing a new development or extension to a building, it is important to safeguard the daylight to nearby buildings. Therefore most councils require a daylight, sunlight and overshadowing assessment as part of the planning application. Loss of light to existing neighbouring windows does not need analysing […]

George Road, Kingston Upon Thames – Daylight, Sunlight & Overshadowing

19 target surfaces were assessed for external levels of daylight and sunlight. The proposed development consists of a two storey five bedroom single private detached dwelling with basement garage and an outbuilding serving as a summer house on a greenfield site. The design principle behind this project was to deliver a sophisticated sustainable contemporary family […]