Local Requirements - Lighting Assessment

Types of application or development that require this information

• All developments that involve proposals for the installation of external non domestic lighting and floodlighting

What information is required?

A Lighting Assessment should include:

• A description of the proposed hours of operation, light spillage, light levels and column heights
• A layout plan of the proposed development site showing beam orientation
• Details of the design and specification of the proposed equipment
• Details of the expected impact on neighbouring residential properties, roads, listed buildings, and conservation areas
• Impact on protected or priority species and proposed mitigation in order to maintain or enhance the biodiversity in the area
• A statement of any proposed measures to mitigate or compensate for the possible impacts of the proposed development

Further information

• Institute of Lighting Professionals' Guidance for the reduction of obtrusive light

Policy driver 

• National Planning Policy Framework - Chapter 15: Conserving and Enhancing the Natural Environment
• National Planning Practice Guidance: Light Pollution
• Core Strategy – Policy EN8: Environmental Protection