WENDOVER
STREETLIGHT SWITCH-OFF

Streetlight Switch-Off
Wendover Parish Council is responsible for most of the streetlights on the side roads (not the Aylesbury Rd, High St, South St or Tring Rd). Over the years these lights have been replaced with LED lamps to reduce energy costs but we now believe this has had significant unintended consequences. We believe that the current lighting has significant impact on human health and the local wildlife – in particular insect life.

We would like to turn off the lights on our side roads between 12 midnight and 5am.
We would also like to change the colour of the lights to match the orange glow of the old sodium streetlights and are looking into that issue further.

We are aware about concerns over crime rates but many studies of areas where lights have been turned off show this is not an issue and many areas have LED the way by switching off already.
We would never  do this without a consultation with everyone effected.