Disclosure Log

Streetlight Inventory and CCTV for Bassetlaw (FOI/5594)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 02 April 2025

Dear *****

Provision of requested information – Ref: FOI/00005594

Thank you for your request for:

I am writing to request the following datasets under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for Bassetlaw.

The data will be used to power Safest Way: https://safestway.co.uk/ , a mobile journey planner tool for women to suggest safest walking routes at night.

Streetlighting Data Requested:
For all streetlights under your authority, please provide:
  1. Lamp post coordinates (Easting–Northing, or Latitude–Longitude)
  2. Lamp post location (street address, postcode)
  3. Light Type (e.g., LED, Halogen, Sodium Vapor)
  4. Wattage/Luminance Level
  5. Lighting Schedule (ON/OFF times if applicable)
  6. If the Lamp Post have an EV charging Outlet

Please accompany each light with a unique ID if possible.

CCTV Data Requested:
For all public-facing CCTV cameras under your authority, please provide:
  1.  Camera coordinates - (Easting–Northing, or Latitude–Longitude)
  2.  Camera location (street address & postcode)
  3.  Type of Camera (e.g., Fixed, PTZ, ANPR, 360-degree)
  4.  Mounting Location (e.g., street pole, building facade, traffic light)
  5.  Purpose of Camera (e.g., Crime prevention, Traffic monitoring, Public safety)

We assume that this data falls under the Open Government License (OGL). If this is not the case, could you please clarify the licensing terms and explain why this data is not available under OGL
If any part of this request exceeds cost limitations, please advise on how we might refine it to remain within the allowable limits. I would appreciate receiving this data in CSV, Excel, or GIS-compatible format if possible.

We received your request on 19 March 2025.  Your request has been considered under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).

I attach a copy of the information you requested:
 
  • A CSV spreadsheet detailing the requested information in relation to streetlighting.  Please note we do not record postcodes for streetlights and none of our lamp posts have EV charging outlets.

Nottinghamshire County Council are not responsible for public-facing CCTV in the Bassetlaw District this is the responsibility of Bassetlaw District Council.  If you have not already done so you may wish to contact them at Bassetlaw District Council, Queen’s Buildings, Potter Street, WORKSOP, S80 2AH or [email protected]

Our data is not covered by the Open Government Licence as this has not been adopted by Nottinghamshire County Council and therefore our standard copyright terms below apply.

Most of the information that we provide in response to environmental information requests will be subject to copyright protection.  In most cases the copyright will be owned by Nottinghamshire County Council.  The copyright in other information may be owned by another person or organisation, and this will be indicated on the information itself.

You are free to use any information supplied to you for non-commercial research or private study purposes.  The information may also be used for any other purpose allowed by a limitation or exception in copyright law, such as news reporting.  However, any other type of re-use, for example by publishing the information in analogue form, including on the internet, will require permission of the copyright owner.

For information where the copyright is owned by Nottinghamshire County Council details of the conditions on re-use can be found on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/global-content/copyright.

Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to EIR requests.  For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf.

If you are unhappy with the way the authority has handled your request you may ask for an internal review.  Please contact: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected], who will arrange an internal review of your case.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact me.

Yours sincerely

Colin Sawers (He/Him)
Information Case Officer | Customers, Complaints and Information
Chief Executive"s Department | Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall | Loughborough Road | West Bridgford | NOTTINGHAM | NG2 7QP
Tel: (0115) 977 3714
 


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