Street lighting in an unadopted street

lincroft1710

3card wrote: »

I have lived in an unadopted cul-de-sac for 19 years and the houses have been built for 19 years.


but bearing in mind the local authority have been maintaining the lighting for almost 30 years

Which is it, 19 yrs or almost 30?

Chop-D

If the road is unadopted the council do not have to maintain the lighting, even if they have done so historically. When lighting an area which isn’t public highway I don’t believe they have to follow the same lighting standards so having a missing light might not be a concern. I am surprised that they are removing it free of charge, and that they continue to maintain the lights if the road is definitely unadopted, unless there are parts which are.....

Carrot007

On the whole on an unadopted street. Want a lamp post. Buy one.


At least with modern LED lighing they do not cost much to run anymore.


There is a village not far from me, where while they are adpoted roads, they refuse lamp posts. Yes they are a bit weird!

3card

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Which is it, 19 yrs or almost 30?

Slip of my fingers

I moved here 19 years ago and the houses were built almost 30 years ago so the houses were 10 years old when i moved here

Sorry for any confusion

3card

Chop-D wrote: »

If the road is unadopted the council do not have to maintain the lighting, even if they have done so historically. When lighting an area which isn’t public highway I don’t believe they have to follow the same lighting standards so having a missing light might not be a concern. I am surprised that they are removing it free of charge, and that they continue to maintain the lights if the road is definitely unadopted, unless there are parts which are.....

I can confirm that no parts of the close are adopted

Barny1979

3card wrote: »

they are footing the bill to take it out

Why would the Council spend public money to take the column out of private land? I would suspect the homeowner is contributing towards the work.

3card

Barny1979 wrote: »

Why would the Council spend public money to take the column out of private land? I would suspect the homeowner is contributing towards the work.

I hope to confirm this very shortly
I am just awaiting a visit from the chair of the council as she lives locally
Interestingly shes told me that she was told by the department involved that there was no objections to it being taken out

Altarf

3card wrote: »

One of the houses has asked the council to remove the lamp post from his garden

Why?

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3card

Altarf wrote: »

Why?

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Apparently he doesnt want it on his property.

Altarf

3card wrote: »

Apparently he doesnt want it on his property.

Sounds rather selfish given the serious health and safety issues you and the other residents are concerned about.

Now that the council has said if the light is removed it won't be replaced then perhaps they might reconsider.

And if they don't then everyone should ostracise them for their attitude.