Malmesbury Community Area - MVCAP Reduced Streetlighting Project
Public Launch date:
14 July 2010
Geographic region :
South West
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England
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United Kingdom Last updated: Thursday, 19 January 2012
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Project Aim
Malmesbury and the Villages Community Area Partnership (MVCAP) project working in partnership with Wiltshire Council and local councils to convert local streetlighting to part-night operation.
Further details
MVCAP coordinate the evaluation and consultation process to identify lights for conversion. In 2010/11 nearly 90 lights across the villages of Sherston, Pinkney, Luckington, Alderton, Brinkworth and Hankerton were approved and converted by Wiltshire Council's engineers. In 2011/12 we are hoping to get well over 100 lights approved for conversion in Malmesbury Town and the parish of St. Paul without Malmesbury.
Outcomes so far
In year 2011/12 - About 100 lights approved for conversion --- In year 2010/11 - About 90 lights approved for conversion
Unexpected outcomes
Very positive response from the community, local councils, and Wiltshire Council. Local objections tend to be about how appropriate it is to convert individual lights - e.g. those serving pedestrian alleyways - rather than a blanket rejection of the idea.
Contacts
Primary point of contact:
Woody
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street light conversion
22 December 2011 - 12:38pm — Mike GrenvilleSounds like an interesting project. A phenomenal amount of a council's budget is used up by street lighting - 22% for East Sussex I think.
Can you add more detail about what is involved to make the conversion and who to approach etc?
Reduced street lighting
9 January 2012 - 1:29pm — WoodyHi Mike,
Wiltshire Council are committed to reducing their electricity bill and carbon footprint, for financial as well as environmental reasons. We are a local group who are helping them engage with the community in the making of these decisions.
The actual process as I understand it is that the light sensor on top of each lamp is replaced with one that includes a timer, normally set to switch off lights between midnight and 5:30am. This costs around £50 a light and can pay for itself in just a few years.
In our area communities have taken different approaches. Some have asked for all lights to be turned off, others for every other light to go off, and others for just specific lights. Because each individual light is converted this has not been a problem.
In Wiltshire the project is overseen by the Climate Change team. For East Sussex, according to their Climate Change document they use 100% renewable energy to power streetlighting but are working to reduce usage so it might be worth talking to their Environment or Streetlighting departments.
For a bit more detail of how we've done it - have a look at our document http://s356823358.websitehome.co.uk/reports/Street-Lighting-Report.pdf which shows the process and the final report presented to Wiltshire Council.
cheers,
Woody
At Wiltshire Council's
19 January 2012 - 9:10am — WoodyAt Wiltshire Council's Malmesbury Area Board meeting last night this years project were approved meaning that about 100 further lights will be converted in the near future.