Can I make the council move a street light facing our house?

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Jul 25, 2023

Can I make the council move a street light facing our house?

A street light that faces our house has been fitted with a bright LED bulb and its light invades most of our rooms as it illuminates the edges of blinds and curtains. The light is on all night. We

A street light that faces our house has been fitted with a bright LED bulb and its light invades most of our rooms as it illuminates the edges of blinds and curtains. The light is on all night.

We contacted the council and they put us on to the parish council. After one attempt to put the matter right with the use of a barrier around the bulb (this made little if any difference), the council have decided we have to put up with it. They didn’t even come out to view the problem. Can we make them remove the light? The issue is causing me a lot of stress.Jane Rigby

Highway authorities and parish councils have broad discretionary powers to construct and maintain