Disclosure Log
Street Lighting - County (FOI/8669)
Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 15 October 2026
Please provide the following information about street lights maintained by the council as highway authority.
Question 1.
As at 31 December in each of 2023, 2024 and 2025, please state: -
(a) the total number of street lights maintained by the council;
02.10.2023 = 112,027,
20.12.2024 = 112,351
29.12.2025 = 112,421
(b) the number of those lights subject to part-night lighting, meaning they are switched off completely for any part of the night;
02.10.2023 = None,
20.12.2024 = None
29.12.2025 = None
(c) the number of those lights subject to dimming, meaning they remain lit but operate at reduced brightness for any part of the night.
02.10.2023 = 90.246,
20.12.2024 = 90,921
29.12.2025 = 91,661
If figures at 31 December are not held, please use the nearest date for which they are, and state that date.
Question 2. –
In each of the calendar years 2023, 2024 and 2025, please state: (a) the number of street light faults reported to the council; (b) the council"s target time for repairing a standard street light fault, in working days; (c) the number of faults repaired within that target time.
Question 3.
In each of the financial years 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26, please state
(a) the total amount spent by the council on street lighting,
| 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
| £3,855,575 | £5,049,395 | £3,241,480 |
(b) The total amount spent on electricity.
| 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
| £2.81m | £2.76m | £2.59m |
Question 4.
For part-night lighting and for dimming, please state the standard hours during which lights are switched off or dimmed (for example, midnight to 5.30am), whether those hours vary by season, and the year in which each policy was introduced.
Part-night lighting = No streetlights are currently part night lit
Dimming = Streetlights dimmed from 22:00- 07:00 by 50% all throughout the year, this was introduced in 2010
Question 5.
If readily available, please state the annual saving estimated or achieved from (a) part-night lighting and (b) dimming in the most recent financial year for which a figure exists.
| Operation type | 2025-26 |
| Dimming | £816,400.38 |
| Part Night Lighting | £0.00 |
We hope you find this information useful.