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Sessions 1 & 2: Party Walls
- What works are ‘notifiable’ under the Act
- The procedural requirements of the Act
- The consequences of non-compliance with the Act
- The implications for successors in title and how to address them
- Reclaiming costs under the Act
- Complications and pitfalls – and how to avoid them
- Case examples and the lessons they teach
Sessions 3 & 4: Rights to Light
- Rights to light – what to do when they arise
- What they are and how they are acquired
- How you can prevent them accruing and how to extinguish them
- How light is traditionally measured; including an emerging approach
- Valuation of damages
- How to avoid being injuncted
- The essential early planning and due diligence
- Protect rights during the planning stages of development projects
- Avoid potential challenges later on when it may be too late
- Help with negotiations
- Assistance in a dispute situation
- Mitigating risks
- Insurance options
- Case examples: a look at examples to highlight crucial lessons
Session 5: Daylight and Sunlight
Wednesday, 2 December 2020: 09.30 – 11.00
- What is Daylight and Sunlight – how does it differ from Rights to Light?
- Planning Policy and Guidance, including the new BS EN 17037
- Principles of Daylight and Sunlight
- Solar Glare
- Overshadowing
- Relationship to Overheating and Energy Use and Occupants Well-Being
- Measurement methods
- Judicial Reviews, Secretary of State and Appeal Decisions
- Practical lessons to be leant – with the use of a case study