As our towns and cities continually expand and with increasing development density, there is a greater potential that many development schemes will affect neighbouring properties, infringing the legal rights of adjoining owners and occupiers. The developers and their affected neighbours should both be aware of the implications of proposed developments, which may facilitate, hinder or restrict the proposed design. “Neighbourly Matters” is the term commonly applied to this range of issues that developers must consider and which may affect the neighbouring properties.

Wilks Head & Eve are one of the oldest private practices in Central London and have offered specialist Party Wall and Rights of Light advice for several decades.