calfordseaden have invested in their rights of light expertise and software to support our assessment service over the past 15 years. This investment has enable Peter Defoe to develop our service and to achieve the first ever Doctorate in the Built Environment for his thesis 'The Validity of Daylight Calculations in rights to Light cases'.

Over the past 15 years calfordseaden has invested in their rights of light expertise and software to support our rights to light and daylight & sunlight assessment service. This investment has enable Peter Defoe to develop our service to our clients and to achieve the first ever Doctorate in the Built Environment for his thesis entitled 'The Validity of Daylight Calculations in rights to Light cases'.

Following on from this success, Peter is now co-author of the soon to be published RICS guidance note on rights of light, which will be launched in October this year and his latest paper on rights to light has been accepted unamended for the RICS COBRA conference in Paris in early September. His previous papers for Structural Survey, published by Emerald, entitled 'Was Waldram Wrong?' and 'Waldram was Wrong!' have been well received with an Outstanding Paper Award in 2008.

He has also been published in the RICS East of England journal and by CIBSE in BSJ with his research results on adequacy of daylighting levels.

In parallel with this, the BRE are now revising and updating their guidance note on Site Layout Planning for Daylight and Sunlight involving the leading experts, including ourselves, and using experience gained during Peter's research, in refining and improving this essential guidance for Planners.

calfordseaden are able to offer advice to our clients on all aspects of daylight and sunlight assessment from initial risk assessment and advice on development scale through to reports for planning and expert evidence or negotiation of compensation where actionable losses are predicted. We have provided advice on projects from a small rear extension where our client avoided an injunction to major inner city regeneration schemes where our clients were able to maximise return on investment.

For further information contact:

Dr Peter Defoe

at our Orpington office

T: 01689 888222
E: pdefoe@calfordseaden.co.uk

A copy of calfordseaden's right of light, sunlight & daylight brochure can be downloaded here.