Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Deputy Leader with Responsibility for Climate Change, Environment and Future Generations

Forward Plan Ref: 2025/009

Contact: Sean Rooney, Service Lead - Highway Maintenance

sean.rooney@oxfordshire.gov.uk 

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CA8)

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

a)             Note the proposal  to undertake a full and thorough consultation, including early engagement with key community groups as set out and presented to Place Scrutiny on the 5^th February 2025 (Place and Overview Scrutiny report: Review of Street Lighting and Illuminated Assets policy framework proposals for part night lighting)

b)             Approve a community led approach to any part-night lighting proposal, through an application made by the town/parish council (if there is one) and the local county councillor, which following this request will include an area specific public consultation.

c)             Request that officers;

                        i.         Keep councillors informed through regular updates on progress of this work, through locality meetings and/or by way of an all-member briefing.

                      ii.         Ensure that there is full engagement from a cross section of users in the update of the Street Lighting Policy and development of Part night lighting regime framework.

                     iii.         Undertake a full, thorough and robust Equalities Impact Assessment for the updated Streetlighting and illuminated assets policy, as well as the Part night lighting framework and during each stage/element of a project.

                     iv.         Bring the proposals to Cabinet in the summer for decision together with any wider changes to the council’s existing Street Lighting and Illuminated Assets policy