Ireland: How ignoring the ‘right to light’ can cast a shadow over property developments
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SHORTLY after completing an extension to a commercial building in Leeds, the developers of the property were ordered to demolish the two new storeys – because a neighbour's ‘right to light' hadn't been fully addressed prior to construction.
Although the matter was eventually settled outside the courtroom, it was an expensive oversight and the 2010 case stands as a stark warning to those designing and building commercial property of one of the many pitfalls associated with the process and the potentially costly consequences.
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