In reference to previous request Stoneyford Park
In respect of question 1, you will see from the map that I was referring to street lighting column no. 8, (outside no. 4 Stoneyford Park) which as I wrote appears to be in an unadopted part of our road. It remains lit 24 hours a day. It is not LED, so I must again ask whether DCC council tax payers are paying for the cost of electricity to this particular street light?
Street lighting column no. 8 is a private street light and is not managed or maintained by Devon County Council and therefore we do not pay for the electricity.
In respect of my question 2, having noted your response together with the energy saving part of DCC Policy on Street Lighting – see extract below, I must ask why all other street lights, i.e. Nos 1-7 remain lit for several hours after mid-night. Surely it is interests of energy consumption, carbon footprint and minimising excessive skyglow, that the majority of these streetlights are turned off in the early hours, i.e. ‘part night lighting’ in accordance with Policy?
The conversion to new LED lighting is also using our new control system that did have a few teething problems that caused the discrepancy in on/off times but this has been resolved and all these street lights should now be complying with our current Part night Policy. They will turn on at dusk and switch off at 00:30 and come back on at 06:30 if it’s dark and turn off at dawn.