Disclosure Log

Street Lighting (FOI/8354)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 19 August 2026

Thank you for your email of 28th July 2026 where you requested information about Street Lighting. The response to your request is provided below.

In your request you asked:

Please provide answers and data for the following questions for the financial year 2025/6.
 
  1. How many total individual reports or notifications of non-functioning, damaged, or faulty street lights (or bulbs/lanterns requiring replacement) were received by the council
    7,327 ‘Street Light Fault’
    306 ‘Street Light Damage’
    = 7,633 total
 
  1. How many of these reports resulted in a complete bulb/lantern replacement versus a full column (post) replacement
    10,302 lamps repaired/replaced
    839 columns replaced
 
  1. What was the average time taken (in calendar days or working days) from the initial report being logged to a field technician attending/replacing a faulty bulb or lantern unit
Q1 – 3.83 days, Q2 – 2.95 days, Q3 – 3.84 days, Q4 – 3.11 days. = Average 3.43 days

4)  What was the longest recorded single delay (in days) to repair/replace a reported street light bulb during this period
336 days