Light pollution was introduced within the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (2005) as a form of statutory nuisance under the Environmental Protection Act (1990). Since the introduction of the act, lighting impact assessments are becoming more commonly requested for planning applications. Although light was described within the act as having the potential to cause statutory nuisance, no prescriptive limits or rules were set for assessment. Guidance Note 01/20: Guidance notes for the reduction of obtrusive light produced by the Institute of Lighting Professionals (ILP) however is commonly adopted in the UK as a source of suitable lighting assessment criteria.
OUR LIGHTING ASSESSMENT SERVICES
- Baseline & pre-completion light surveys
- Environmentally sympathetic lighting design
- 3D computational interior & exterior light modelling
- Residential lighting assessment
- Ecological lighting assessment
- Landscape & Visual lighting assessment
- Heritage receptor lighting assessment
- Transport receptor glare assessment
- Dark-skies & protected areas lighting assessment
- Lit signage assessment
- Specification of mitigation measures
- Production of ray-traced 3D imagery
- Production of CAD drawings showing isolux contours
- Lighting assessment for EIA
WE UNDERTAKE LIGHTING ASSESSMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING
- Waste facilities
- Power generation and distribution
- Residential
- Retail
- Entertainment
- Transportation hubs and networks (road, rail, marine, aviation)
- Industrial
- Oil & Gas
- Petrochemical
- Quarrying and mineral extraction
- Storage and distribution facilities
- Stadia, sports facilities and MUGA pitches
- Construction sites and temporary works
