Planning - Location Permission

My partner has spent a lot of his time today making sure that we are able to use the right locations that we need to get the best out of our production. We hope to use some skyskrapers in London he has been researching and asking family memebers to help him and get permission to use some locations. His family members are helping him out with getting the locations as well. He called his dad's friend today who works in the Docklands area of London in a six story building. As I have mentioned in previous posts, we are aiming to shoot a rooftop shot somewhere in London. I want the building that I shoot from to be as high as possible so it is easier to capture the surrounding area and get a good idea of where the artist is. It will also add a lot more dramticness and pace to the video.

My partners parents are going to ask to managers of these hotels and offices if we are able to use the roofs of their building to shoot some of our production. My partner's dad's friend is going to ask the management team at his office if this would be possible to use the buildings rooftop. Fortunately, He has a back up plan if we can't not get permission to use this particular building.

This is the E-mail my partner sent the company;

Hello,
My name is Harrison Cantel and I am currently studying A2 Media Studies at Saffron Walden County High School in Essex. I am currently in the process of making a music video for my project and am planning possible locations. 

My neighbour works in a building near your hotel and tells me it is one of the highest buildings in that area. I have also been onto Google Earth and had a look at the building and I feel it will be perfect for what I am to achieve. 

I am looking to capture a rooftop shot in my music video and was wondering if there was any chance I could come along within the next month and use the rooftop for filming. I will be bringing a small team of four students and we will need no longer than an hour on the roof. I am aware that this is a big ask but I was wondering if you could email back and let me know if this would be possible. 

Thank you very much. 

Harrison Cantel

Hopefully we will recieve a reply soon and we are able to use the premises if they don't reply by the time we go out to shoot we will not use this location because they will not know that we are comming and will most likely turn us down if we arrive to the location without them being informed about us comming.