Validation Checklist - List 1

Lighting Assessment

3s Lighting Assessment

Required for all major applications and those including floodlighting.

Schemes involving floodlighting will provide an assessment that will cover such matters as:
• Light spillage;
• Hours of illumination;
• Light levels;
• Column heights;
• Specification and colour treatment for lamps and luminaires;
• The need for full horizontal cut-off;
• No distraction to the highway;
• Levels of impact on nearby dwellings;
• Use of demountable columns;
• Retention of screening vegetation;
• Use of planting and bunding to contain lighting affects a tree; and
• Where applicable, impact(s) upon biodiversity.

Policy Driver and where to get more advice:
Guidance on hiring a landscape professional can be found on the Landscape Institute website. National Planning Policy Framework, Sections 7 and 11. Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment’ (Third edition). Landscape Institute and Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment 2013. Policy R20 of the Welwyn Hatfield District Plan 2005. Policies SP11 and SADM18 of the Draft Local Plan Proposed Submission, August 2016.