Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues on reducing the level of light pollution from local authority street lighting.

The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that local planning policies and decisions should limit the impact of light pollution from artificial light. The Framework is supported by our planning guidance, revised in November last year, which sets out how light pollution should be considered in the planning system.

Local planning authorities must take the Framework into account when preparing their plans, and their policies - including those on light pollution - also need to be taken into account in making individual planning decisions.