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It is now over 6 months since part night street lighting has been introduced to Parwich village, with almost 60% of our street lights being turned off between midnight and 5.30am. So it seems an opportune time to review the situation here on the Blog. Use the comments facility at the end of this post to share your experiences of part night lighting in the village.

Plan of current street lighting in Parwich
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(Note. There is currently some discrepancy with at least one of the recent replacement street lights which should be on only part night staying on all night.  This is the case with Light 056373 at the opening of Church Walk between Hallcliffe Barn and Church Cottage. If you know of any other anomalies do add a comment to this post.)

In our previous polls in March 2013 there was strong support for the idea of some part night street lights in the village, what do you think now? Should the County Council backtrack on part night lighting or should it be extended?

Our previous polls indicated a split between the prime access route of Main Street (including Nether Green and Chestnut and Sycamore Cottages) and Shaw Lane, where people wanted some lights kept on all night, and the rest of the village where people wanted all the lights part night. Does this split still apply?

Continue reading to have your say on:

(i) the individual street lights where the previous polls were not implemented,
(ii) the lights along the Main Street/Shaw Lane route, and
(iii) other specific lights that have been raised here at parwich.org since the introduction of part night street lighting.

(i) Your previous recommendation of all lights being part night beyond the prime access route was not fully implemented by the County Council for various reasons, however this has resulted in an inconsistent pattern of part night lights in the village as a whole, and at the time residents of Creamery Lane in particular strongly objected to the lights there remaining on all night. What do you think should happen now with the lights where the previous poll results were not implemented?

Street lights for which the previous
parwich.org polls recommendations were not implemented
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Smithy Close

Light 093093 – outside Flats 2 to 7 Smithy Close – This light is included in the polls for Main Street below rather than here, as it also serves to light Main Steet by the Pub.

Light 093094 – outside Flats 8 to 11 Smithy Close
Currently all night, but previous poll recommended part night

Light 104261 – outside 12 Smithy Close
Currently all night, but previous poll recommended part night

Creamery Lane

Light 092988 – opposite 1 West View
Currently all night, but previous poll recommended part night

Light 065356 – opposite Croft Avenue opening
Currently all night, but previous poll recommended part night

Light 065355 – on triangle at Creamery Lane/Monsdale Lane fork
Currently all night, but previous poll recommended part night

Croft Avenue

Light 065359 – outside 5 Croft Avenue at end of cul-de-sac
Currently all night, but previous poll recommended part night

(ii) The all night lights on the prime access route of Main Street/Shaw Lane are not spread evenly. Do you think there should be changes for any of these lights?

Street lights along the prime Main Street/Shaw Lane route
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Nether Green

Light 065369 – at Creamery Lane opening outside Nethergreen Cottage
Currently on all night

Sycamore & Chestnut Cottages

Light 087923 – outside 12 Sycamore Cottages
Currently part night

Light 065368 – outside 2 Chestnut Cottages
Currently part night

Smithy Close
(this light is included here as it helps light Main Street by the Pub)

Light 093093 – outside Flats 2 to 7 Smithy Close
Currently on all night

Church Green & Main Street

Light 065367 – at roadside gable of Dam Farm
Currently on all night

Light 065366 – by bus shelter on The Green
Currently part night

Light 065365 – outside Flaxdale House
Currently part night

Light 065364 – opposite Brentwood
Currently on all night

Light 065363 – outside Telephone Exchange
Currently on all night

Light 065362 – on corner of Main Street & Pump Hill
Currently on all night

Shaw Lane/Alsop Lane

Light 087922 – on triangle next to the Legion
Currently on all night

Light 065353 – on bend near Flat Stiles drive
Currently on all night

Light 065354 – near Staines Cottage
Currently part night

(iii) Reader comments have raised the issue of part night lighting in the following area: Church Walk (click here to see comment). These lights were set in line with the recommendation of the original polls here at parwich.org and of Parwich Parish Council, though when the new lights were installed recently, the pattern of part-night lights has been altered (see below). Do you think any changes are needed with them now?

Additional lights readers have raised specific concerns about
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Church Walk

Light 065373 – outside Hallcliffe Barn
Should be part night, but the new street light here is currently all night

Light 065372 – outside 6 Church Walk
Currently part night

Light 065371 – corner of Orchard View Cottage garden
Currently part night

If you have concerns about any further Parwich street lights not included in the above review, please add a comment below. We will pass all the comments and the results to the above polls on to Simon Spencer, our County Councillor, to the Highways Dept. of Derbyshire County Council and to Parwich Parish Council.