BR209: Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight : A guide to good practice, third edition 2022 — a review

Author's Biography

Lucy Taggart is an Associate in the Neighbourly Matters team at Hollis. Lucy specialises in rights of light and daylight, sunlight and overshadowing services, with additional wider experience in party wall and other neighbourly matters services. Her work predominantly involves assisting developers and design teams during the planning stages of development projects and advising on the impacts that developments will have on daylight and sunlight amenity, as well as private rights of light. This includes communicating the effects on neighbouring daylight and sunlight amenity to planning officers and committee members and negotiating with affected parties to avoid potential rights of light disputes and to mitigate risk. Recent sustainability-led changes in European Standards in relation to daylight and sunlight amenity and the subsequent alignment of British Standards has necessitated a revised edition of the BRE publication ‘Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight: A guide to good practice’, which is considered the leading authority on daylight and sunlight matters by practitioners and planning officials alike. Taking part in the pre-publication peer review and consultation process, Lucy and the wider specialist team at Hollis have the expertise to provide good-quality and timely advice to the industry.