Attachments to Street lights
Street lighting columns within Derbyshire are the responsibility of the County Council and a licence is required for the erection of permanent or temporary decorations onto highway lighting columns
You will need to apply for a license for example if you wish to attach seasonal decorations such as hanging baskets or Christmas lights to street lighting columns in your village or town.
If you are considering applying for an attachment to lighting column license you will need to be aware of the following:
Legal duties are placed on the applicant to make sure reasonable steps are taken to ensure that anyone appointed to attach permanent or temporary decorations to a street lighting column is competent to do so.
You will need to have evidence that the person carrying out the work is competent to use equipment required to install, maintain and remove the attachment, whether or not access to equipment inside the lighting column is needed. An appropriate risk assessment and method statement, including arrangements for traffic management, is also required.
It is recommended that a contractor registered under the Highways Electrical Registration Scheme (HERS) is appointed to carry out the work. Contractors registered will have obtained the appropriate competencies to carry out works on street lighting.
If you are using equipment that requires an electrical connection to a street lighting column i.e. Christmas lights, this electricity is unmetered. You will need to agree an unmetered load certificate with your local electricity company. You will then need to register your certificate with your chosen electricity supplier and make payment directly to them for the electricity used.
Failure to do this may result in prosecution for theft of electricity by the supplier.
Please use our online licence application form (opens in a new window) along with guidance notes below.
If you require any further information or would like to request an application form to fill in and return please contact:
Ian Richardson on 01246 244060 or ian.richardson@derbyshire.gov.uk
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