Street Lighting Policy

All Street Lighting columns installed on the highway shall comply with the requirements laid down in the current edition of the Street Lighting Design Guide, with standard columns being galvanised steel, and will be of a type, height and spacing to ensure that the Councils desired lighting level is achieved and meets the relevant standard where practicable. Lanterns will be of a high International Protection (IP) rating and of modular construction to provide a future proof structure for installing latest technical advance in terms of lighting to be included as part of design guide.

The only exception to the requirement will apply to cast iron, cast aluminium on some decorative steel columns, which would be used in environmentally sensitive or areas of conservation. These columns would be subject to separate specification, when required, but generally they will be factory painted with a final decorative top coat of paint applied on site following erection. Particular note should be made of the requirements where columns are used for the support of street decorations, festive lighting and the imposed limitations.

Street lighting columns are currently replaced when they are damaged due to impact, vandalism or through deterioration, either through a planned replacement programme using a risk based asset management approach or in a reactive manner where circumstances dictate.

There are instances where residents, developers, public utilities or other bodies require lighting columns to be relocated to facilitate their works. We will however, work with stakeholders to progress their works subject to still maintaining the integrity of the lighting system and ensuring that the new lighting location still enables the scheme to meet the lighting requirements of the appropriate relevant standard. All costs associated with such works to be funded at by the requestor.