Street lights

Our street lighting service:

• provides lighting on all roads and footpaths
• regularly inspects, maintains and repairs street lighting
• provides and repairs illuminated traffic signs.

Street lighting improvements

Lambeth Council will be upgrading the street lighting in your area as part of a £17.2 million Private Finance Initiative (PFI).

The works will be carried out by Lambeth Lighting Services (LLS). Over the next 4 years they will be replacing the majority of the borough’s street lights, which will all meet the latest British and European Standards.

David Webster Limited (DW) is the service provider of Lambeth Lighting Services, see DW Limited's website.

Benefits 

• brighter and safer streets
• reduction in crime and fear of crime
• reduction in road traffic and personal injury accidents
• increased use of public transport and local facilities at night.

Our works plan

We want to ensure that any inconvenience is kept to a minimum. We will keep you informed of when works will be taking place in your area and you can contact us with any queries.

See the proposed installation plan (Please note: this does not include the installation of Heritage street lights at this time).

What will the new lights look like?

We are using three street lights around the borough, the standard, embellished and heritage street light.

Find out more about the works

If you have any queries specific to these works please contact the Lambeth Lighting Services Help Line 020 7978 3423.

General enquiries

General enquiries may be referred to Lambeth’s Transport and Highways Call Centre on 020 7926 9000 or email TandHCallCentre@lambeth.gov.uk

Reporting a problem

When you contact us, please provide us with as much information as you can, including what the problem is and a column number if there is one.

You can call 020 7926 9000 or email TandHCallCentre@lambeth.gov.uk

What you can do to help

Report faulty street lights: lights that should not be on during the day, lights that don't come on at night and column covers that have come off.

Our lighting patrols are done at night, so we rely on the public to report lights that should not be on during the day. Our priority is lights that don't work at night.

Our service standards

• If you report a faulty street light, we will repair it within five working days.
• If a light is not working because the electricity supply has failed the repair is the responsibility of the electricity supplier EDF energy. EDF energy will generally reinstate a supply within fifteen working days.

Who looks after street lighting?

Lambeth Lighting Services looks after street lighting on our behalf.