2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Does the council turn off or dim their street light network to reduce light pollution?

Question code
5.6
Section
Biodiversity
Topic
Light Pollution
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if any area of the local authority that has been deemed safe to do so has dimmed street lighting or part night lighting.

Clarifications

Part night lighting is where councils switch off street lights for part of the night in certain areas. Typically areas with increased risk, such as in the vicinity of pedestrian crossings or with higher nighttime use, will be exempted for safety reasons.

Dimming street lighting is where a council will dim street lights for some or all of the night in certain areas, with similar safety exemptions typically in place. LED lights are brighter for the same energy use so have a higher impact on insect populations unless dimmed. Smart dimming street lights, which are dimmer as standard but increase brightness when motion or sound is detected will also be included.

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Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

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Birmingham City Council
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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
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City of York Council
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Clackmannanshire Council1/1--
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
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Conwy County Borough Council
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Cornwall Council (Unitary)
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Coventry City Council
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Cumberland Council
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Dumfries and Galloway Council
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East Ayrshire Council
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Flintshire County Council
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Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
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Glasgow City Council1/1▲ 1
Gwynedd County Council
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Hartlepool Borough Council
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Isle of Wight Council
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Isles of Scilly
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Kirklees Council
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Leeds City Council
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Leicester City Council
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London Borough of Barnet
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London Borough of Bromley
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London Borough of Croydon
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London Borough of Lambeth
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London Borough of Lewisham1/1--
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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
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Luton Borough Council
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Medway Council
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Midlothian Council
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Milton Keynes
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Monmouthshire County Council
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Newport City Council
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North Somerset Council
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Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
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Royal Borough of Greenwich
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Somerset Council
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Southampton City Council
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Stirling Council
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Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
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Stoke-on-Trent City Council
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Sunderland City Council
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Swindon Borough Council
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Telford & Wrekin Council
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Thurrock Council
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Torbay Council
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Torfaen County Borough Council
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Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
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Vale of Glamorgan Council
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Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
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West Berkshire Council
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Wrexham County Borough Council
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Angus Council
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Argyll and Bute Council
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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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Blackpool Borough Council
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Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
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Bridgend County Borough Council
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Brighton and Hove City Council
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Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
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Carmarthenshire County Council
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Central Bedfordshire Council
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Cheshire West and Chester Council
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Darlington Borough Council
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Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
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Dundee City Council
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East Dunbartonshire Council
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East Lothian Council
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East Renfrewshire Council
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East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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Falkirk Council
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Fife Council
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Halton Borough Council
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Herefordshire Council
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Inverclyde Council
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Isle of Anglesey County Council
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Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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Liverpool City Council
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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
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London Borough of Bexley
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London Borough of Brent
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London Borough of Camden
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London Borough of Ealing
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London Borough of Enfield
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London Borough of Hackney
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London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
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London Borough of Haringey
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London Borough of Harrow
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London Borough of Havering
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London Borough of Hillingdon
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London Borough of Hounslow
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London Borough of Islington
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London Borough of Newham
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London Borough of Redbridge
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London Borough of Southwark
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London Borough of Sutton
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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London Borough of Waltham Forest
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London Borough of Wandsworth
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Manchester City Council
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Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
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Middlesbrough Borough Council
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
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North Ayrshire Council
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North East Lincolnshire Council
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North Lanarkshire Council
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North Lincolnshire Council
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Nottingham City Council
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Orkney Islands Council
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Plymouth City Council
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Reading Borough Council
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Renfrewshire Council
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Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
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Shetland Islands Council
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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
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South Ayrshire Council
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Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
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South Tyneside Council
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St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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Swansea City Council
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Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
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Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
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Warrington Borough Council
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West Dunbartonshire Council
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West Lothian Council
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Westmorland and Furness Council
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West Northamptonshire Council
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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
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