Lighting Strategy

Show your local authority that you have carefully considered exterior lighting at an early stage. Designed to show compliance with national and local policy and guidance, a Lighting Strategy from us will do exactly this.

What is a Lighting Strategy?

A lighting strategy is a technical report which sets intentions for exterior lighting, considering various factors like the functional needs of lighting, safety, aesthetics, environmental impact, and compliance with relevant policy and guidance.

What can I expect?

Advice up front As part of our quote preparation, we will appraise the site and its setting. If we spot any significant risk from a lighting perspective, we’d tell you.

Establish the baseline A desk study or baseline lighting survey will help understand your site context, existing local light emissions and identify all potentially sensitive receptors. If applicable, we will collaborate with your ecologist to establish key areas of wildlife value in and around your development and confirm their sensitivity.

Obtrusive Light Limits Backed by guidance, and based on the baseline, we will define the maximum compliant levels of light pollution which could be emitted from your development.

Lighting Specification We will recommend lighting products, provide performance specification, controls strategies, and mitigation measures. Designed to show your local authority that appropriate and compliant exterior lighting will be installed at your development.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Does your project fall under EIA regulations? We have extensive experience writing Environmental Statement (ES) chapters for lighting, producing technical appendices, scoping, presence at public consultations. We have also acted as lighting consultant on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).

What standards does my lighting strategy need to consider?

Our lighting strategies are designed to show how a future exterior lighting design will comply with all recognised national policy and guidance.
We will also review and consider any relevant policies set out by your local authority.

Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
According to the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (CNEA) artificial light is a form of statutory nuisance, defined as “artificial light emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or nuisance;”.

Guidance Notes for the Reduction of Obtrusive Light (GN:01)
In the absence of prescriptive limits within CNEA, The Institute of Lighting Professionals (ILP) published Guidance Notes for The Reduction of Obtrusive Light (GN01) which is commonly adopted by local authorities in the UK as appropriate lighting assessment criteria.

Bats and Artificial Lighting In the UK (GN:08)
The ILP, in collaboration with Bat Conservation Trust (BCT), also published Bats and Artificial Lighting in the UK (GN08). This document provides guidance on how to minimise the effects of artificial lighting on bat species.

Guidance on minimising the negative effects of light pollution is also contained in documents published by the Society of Lighting and Lighting (SLL), International Commission on Illumination (CIE), and British Standards, including BS EN 12464-2, BS EN 13201 and BS 5489.

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