"Right to" Shade

50Twuncle

I know that the law may have changed - but there used to be a "right to light" with new builds etc - giving you a right to sunlight
What about a "right to shade" ?
We have a new build property (bungalow) directly opposite us - with planned solar panels on the south facing roof - I can forsee a "reflection" issue with the midday sun angle being reflected straight back to our property.....

bris

No........

50Twuncle

bris wrote: »

No........

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lincroft1710

Think about it logically, suppose your house is shaded by a property which the owners wish to demolish, you can't object to the demolition by claiming you will lose the shade.

50Twuncle

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Think about it logically, suppose your house is shaded by a property which the owners wish to demolish, you can't object to the demolition by claiming you will lose the shade.

I agree - but we are talking about potentially having something imposed upon us - which was not there previously and is caused by it being there !!
Natural light is different to concentrated / glaring / focused light

lincroft1710

I've never seen any glaring light from neighbours' solar panels. According to the Planning Portal solar panels on houses don't usually need pp , so there's nothing you can do.

whitegoods_engineer

I can't see how a solar panel, angled to the sun could possibly reflect sun at an angle to cause a problem to a house. Surely the angle would prevent this unless it was nearer to 90 degrees or so?

I'm sure a trigonometry student will be along in a moment......

peachyprice

Unless your house is significantly higher that the other property meaning that you look down onto their roof or the panels are vertical there will be no reflection onto your home.

pinkshoes

Angle of reflection = angle of incidence, so if the sun is high in the sky and the panels are on a bungalow, then it's certainly possible that they will have a dazzling.

Those installing them have to insure that there is no glare. I think that they would perhaps have to pay for anti glare panels.

50Twuncle

pinkshoes wrote: »

Angle of reflection = angle of incidence, so if the sun is high in the sky and the panels are on a bungalow, then it's certainly possible that they will have a dazzling.

Those installing them have to insure that there is no glare. I think that they would perhaps have to pay for anti glare panels.

Thanks - it is a bungalow and is below us. ..
But the owner is fitting the panels himself !

Johnandabby

But the whole point of panels is that absorb light, not reflect it - otherwise they wouldn't work...

I believe most modern panels have an anti-reflection film for the small proportion that is reflected. I've never had any issues with reflection from our panels. If you do get an issue then it will only be for a short period while the sun is a particular height and angle.