Issue - meetings

Cabinet approved the South Cambridgeshire District Council Streetlighting Policy document to be included on the Council’s website and inform the communications plan.

This decision was first published on Friday 6 December and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 13 December.

Cabinet approved the South Cambridgeshire District Council Streetlighting Policy document to be included on the Council’s website and inform the communications plan.

Cabinet considered a report proposing a policy for South Cambridgeshire District Council’s Streetlighting Service, set out at Appendix A to the report from the Assistant Director for Waste and Projects.

Councillor Brian Milnes (Vice-Chairman of the Scrutiny and Overview Committee) said that the Committee had welcomed this project as a means of both saving money and demonstrating a commitment to the aim of being ‘Green to our core’. Councillor Milnes added that the project provided an opportunity to address the issue of the inconsistent spacing of streetlights in many South Cambridgeshire villages.

The ensuing debate covered the following points:

·         payment for extra lighting

·         the appropriateness of dimming streetlights

·         public engagement, including with Parish Councils

·         the need to establish why Cambridgeshire County Council had removed streetlights

·         solar lighting

·         electricity contracts

·         communication matters

Cabinet approved the South Cambridgeshire District Council Streetlighting Policy document to be included on the Council’s website and inform the communications plan.