Right to light

Waldram suggested that ordinary people require one foot-candle of illuminance (approximately ten lux) for reading and other work involving visual discrimination.[4][failed verification] After the Second World War, owners of buildings could gain new rights by registering properties that had been destroyed by bombing, and the period was temporarily increased to 27 years.In the early 1930s, the design and construction of BBC's headquarters, Broadcasting House, was affected by local residents declaring their right to ancient lights.It resulted in a unique asymmetrical sloped design that allowed sunlight to pass over the building to the residential quarters eastwards, long since demolished and now home to the new Egton Wing.[5] One consequence of this is that many developers now look to work with local authorities to try to use section 237 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as a way of potentially avoiding injunctions against schemes that have overriding social or economic advantages to an area.
Ancient Lights signs in Clerkenwell , London , England
Gatehouse in St Pancras and Islington Cemetery , with "Ancient Lights" plaque visible at left
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