S38 & S278 Lighting Design Consultant
Why You Need ILP Lighting Design Consultants Choosing an ILP qualified lighting consultant isn’t just about meeting standards. It’s about protecting your development from avoidable risk, delays, and costly redesigns. Exterior lighting now sits at the intersection of safety, ecology, planning scrutiny and adoption requirements. ILP guidance ensures every design decision is defensible, auditable and […]
Section 38 Lighting Design
Why Good Street Lighting Starts Long Before the Lights Switch On At SHD, we’ve been busy preparing another initial street lighting design package. One of those behind‑the‑scenes steps that quietly sets the foundation for safe, reliable, and adoptable lighting in new developments. The preliminary lighting design isn’t ready for construction just yet. Instead, they act […]
Section 278 Lighting Design
S278 Junction Lighting Improvements: A Straightforward Upgrade with Real Impact Section 278 junction works often look simple on paper, but upgrading highway lighting is one of the most critical elements. SHD Lighting Consultancy will carry out full desktop review of the existing network, assessed column locations and verify existing photometric performance. We then design a […]
Padel Court Lighting Assessment
So you need a padel court lighting assessment? Designing great padel court lighting is a bit like making a good cup of tea: get it right, and everyone’s happy; get it wrong, and someone will definitely complain. Luckily, we’re very good at the “getting it right” part. Our assessment reports goes into forensic detail—yes, the […]
Do you need a sports lighting design?
Why do I need a lighting design completed by an ILP lighting consultant? Our design team was asked to provide a sports lighting design for a MUGA (multi-use games area) surface. The lighting design included some simple 3D lighting renders, which demonstrated how we had achieved good lighting uniformity, which is an important factor when […]
Do you need a lighting assessment report?
Do you need a lighting impact assessment report to demonstrate compliance with local planning? Our design team was asked to design a lighting strategy within a National Landscape area (formerly known as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty) Using warm white LED luminaires with LED optics to prevent backlight, mounted on reduced height columns, switched via […]
Lighting Impact Assessment
Have you been asked to provide a lighting impact assessment report? A picture is worth a thousand words… or so the saying goes… At SHD, our design team is continually looking at ways in which we can improve the services we provide for clients. The client provided the 3D model, which we then converted and […]
Do you need a lighting impact assessment?
Lighting Impact Assessments Our design team carried out a lighting impact assessment in North Yorkshire. We carried out a site survey for a large equestrian arena and car park to record baseline conditions for all the external lighting. So what’s involved in a lighting impact assessment? Site visits are important when carrying out lighting impact […]
Do I need a street lighting design consultant?
Does your next project require a street lighting design consultant? The answer is no, but also yes. Let me explain… You’re working on a project that you are budgeting for and need to factor in the street lighting designs and installation costs. There are lots of companies that will provide you with a lighting calculation […]
Section 38 Lighting Design
Looking for a Section 38 street lighting design consultant? The design team at SHD Lighting Consultancy have completed another Section 38 lighting design for a new housing development for a client. A new housing development of 60 plots required a street lighting design to adoptable local authority standards, with careful consideration required for bats and […]