Shadow Diagrams Specialist

Shadow diagram is a planning submission requirement that provides a visual model of how the proposed development will cast its shadow. Further the shadow analysis will demonstrate any potential impacts on shadow sensitive areas, such as public spaces, communal amenity areas, traditional and arterial main streets and residential private outdoor amenity areas and how these impacts can be mitigated.

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Within urban environments, the structures constituting the city’s built fabric constantly cast shadows in their immediate vicinity. As the city develops and redevelops, the extent and duration of the shadows cast are altered. As this process continues, direct sunlight exposure becomes an increasingly scarce resource for people and nature.