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Right to light advice

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This RICS guide offers advice on how to know whether or not your right to light is being affected, and if you think it is, what can you do about it?

  • What is a 'right to light'?
  • Consult the experts
  • What can you do?
  • Existing buildings

In your home, just over half the room should be lit by natural light. Broadly speaking, the minimum standard is equivalent to the light from one candle, one foot away.  

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