Planning Factsheet 3: Overshadowing

Sometimes people fear they may suffer a loss of daylight or sunlight if their homes and gardens are overshadowed by new development.

Because of the need to remain impartial in planning cases, ODPM does not provide legal advice. Nor can we intervene in, or comment on, your council's handling of a planning case that may lead to overshadowing.

However, we hope the following general responses to common queries about overshadowing will be helpful.

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