Proximity Risk™ is the collective risk to a property development, posed by the need to administer the Party Wall etc Act 1996, deal with rights of light, undertake daylight and sunlight / solar glare amenity impact assessments and occupy other people's land and airspace during the construction phase.
Programme delay, cost increases, trespass, funding problems, buildability woes, injunction, judicial review, and legal nuisance are all associated risks and a possible threat to the viability and/or deliverability of a project.
The risk is the why we do what we do. We position it front and centre, which promotes targeted focus and objectivity in our approach.
Getting in early is the key to the successful management of these risks – get in front of the issues and consider them proactively rather than firefighting when they arise as an afterthought. We provide a full Proximity Risk™ project consultancy service from RIBA Work Stage 0 (Strategic Definition) all the way through to Work Stage 6 (Handover and Close Out). Some of our property developer clients (very sensibly) consult with us for input at site acquisition or bid stage.
