Decision details

(1)  A change to Street Lighting Policy affecting lighting equipment for ‘local’ roads is approved with installation of CMS equipment being continued to control lighting at specific locations, including traffic routes, local shopping parades, and town centre locations.

(2)  A ‘mixed’ lighting source is to be adopted on local roads using LED replacement lanterns in conjunction with a standard 6m lighting column in appropriate locations (knockdowns, vandalism etc).

Use of Central Management System (CMS) enabled lanterns will continue in locations where a greater control of lighting might be beneficial e.g. Town Centre locations, local shopping parades and traffic routes; however, for local roads or roads generally forming part of the unclassified network a change to Street Lighting Policy is made affecting lighting equipment. This will offer the most favourable combination of service and value for money including use of improved lantern specifications.

Rather than continue to replace any damaged equipment (e.g. from accident ‘knockdown’ or vandalism) with a like for like lantern/lamp it is intended to use new LED replacement lanterns and take the opportunity of standardising replacement lighting columns which might lead to individual 5m columns replaced with a standard 6m column.