Category: Rights of Light

What is a Right to Light? A Right to Light is a legal right to enjoy the natural light that passes over someone else’s land, the servient land, and enters through defined apertures in the landowner’s buildings such as windows, skylights and glass roofs. The benefitting landowner is entitled to receive sufficient natural light through […]

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In one of our previous posts, we have defined Rights to Light as a legal right that allows property owners to receive light from the sky in their property without disturbances. Based on this, anyone with a right to light can seek for compensation once loss of light has been proven. However, there are common misconceptions regarding […]

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There are several factors to consider when planning or proposing a development. Whether you’re the developing party or a neighbour, it is important to know the basics of Rights of Light, Sunlight and Daylight. Before understanding their differences, let us first discuss each assessment. Rights of Light A right to light is a legal right or an […]

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With calls to build on the green belts and inner cities becoming increasingly built up – right to light law is becoming a serious issue for both developers and neighbours. What is a Right to Light? A Right to Light is a common law issue. Once a window on a property has been in place […]

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