Closed
Lamp-post not working
Reported in the Street lighting category anonymously at 12:57, Mon 21 January 2019
Sent to Oxfordshire County Council 3 minutes later
V dark area where street lighting not working.
Council ref: 1519120
Updates
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Fault ref: 00349960 Thank you for your report; we have logged this as a fault on our management system. Our current policy is for our contractor to attend electrical & structural emergencies as a priority; these will be attended within a 24hr period. All other faults are logged on our management system, for efficiency, these are grouped by area and the date they were reported, and the contractor attends against a programmed of works based on this approach.
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 14:16, Mon 21 January 2019
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Still open, via questionnaire, 09:20, Wed 20 February 2019
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Still open, via questionnaire, 09:42, Wed 20 March 2019
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SUPPLY FAULT - Passed to District Network Operator (Energy Supplier)
When our street lighting contractor previously attended site it was confirmed that there was a fault with the electricity supply to that lights rather than within the lights themselves, this fault has been reported to the Local District Network Operator (LDNO) by ourselves.
In much the same way as a typical household, Oxfordshire County Council is responsible only for the street light, but not for the electrical infrastructure outside of its own asset, the cabling serving street lights is provided and maintained by the LDNO; these are outside of the local authority control and subject to a separate regulatory framework overseen by ofgem.
Oxfordshire County Council’s contractor is not permitted in any way to interfere with or try to repair electricity supply faults, as they would be in breach of the statutory safety regulations if they tried to do so.
Once the electricity supply company advises Oxfordshire County Council the fault is rectified we will confirm this within our regular inspection programme to ensure that the light as a whole is in working order.
State changed to: not the council's responsibility
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 15:43, Tue 28 May 2019
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location.