Street lights missing

gg234

I have moved in to new development recently and we don't have street lights but council collects our waste (It looks like council didn't adopt our road).I also found that the developer submitted some 750mm illuminated bollard lights plan to council but didn't implement.Can i go back to the developer with the plan they have submitted to council to clarify regarding this

Thanks for your help

marksoton

You can try. But just because they submitted planning they're not obliged to do it.

RDG

Go to the council and ask them what the status of the drawing showing the bollards is. If there was a planning condition which required the provision of lighting then the developer may be obliged to install them.

Has the development been finished? It maybe that the roads have not yet been put forwards fro adoption if construction is still on going.

davidmcn

gg234 wrote: »

we don't have street lights but council collects our waste

Despite popular mythology, street lights and bin collection aren't particularly useful indicators of whether a road is adopted for maintenance.

I also found that the developer submitted some 750mm illuminated bollard lights plan to council but didn't implement.Can i go back to the developer with the plan they have submitted to council to clarify regarding this

Only if your contract says you can. It probably doesn't though.

gg234

RDG wrote: »

Go to the council and ask them what the status of the drawing showing the bollards is. If there was a planning condition which required the provision of lighting then the developer may be obliged to install them.

Has the development been finished? It maybe that the roads have not yet been put forwards fro adoption if construction is still on going.

Development finished now

Jon_B_2

gg234 wrote: »

Development finished now

How recently?

Also it can take years for councils to adopt roads.

gg234

nearly 6 months

that makes sense

Jon_B wrote: »

How recently?

Also it can take years for councils to adopt roads.

Apodemus

Jon_B wrote: »

How recently?

Also it can take years for councils to adopt roads.

Also it can take years for developers to complete roads to adoptable standard! (Which in urban areas normally includes the street lights).

PasturesNew

We've no lights. What do you need lights for? Can you get something rigged up yourself if it's to get from your car to your house?

marksoton

PasturesNew wrote: »

We've no lights. What do you need lights for? Can you get something rigged up yourself if it's to get from your car to your house?

I guess people want them for security when walking. I hate them.

The council at the girlfriends have installed what i call "White light" posts. It's horrible.

To get a decent nights sleep industrial grade blackout blinds will be needed!

Plus the light pollution ruins the stars on a clear night.

baldelectrician

marksoton wrote: »

I guess people want them for security when walking. I hate them.

The council at the girlfriends have installed what i call "White light" posts. It's horrible.

To get a decent nights sleep industrial grade blackout blinds will be needed!

Plus the light pollution ruins the stars on a clear night.

Our council are putting in LED lights which are actually STREET lighting, not house lighting.
A conversation between the council and a homeowner went along the following lines after the council took out the old SOX (yellow street lights) and put in new white lights...


Homeowner- I am calling about the new street lights
Council- How can I help
Homeowner- they are brighter on the path and the road but I can not see my front door now.
Council- they are called street lights for a reason.....


This made me chuckle


The new lights up here are low light pollution ones with the lamp quite far back in the fitting so the light goes where it is meant and does not wander