New heritage streetlights in Little Sutton Village

Cheshire West and Chester Council has been working with the Little Sutton Village Regeneration Advisory Group to install new heritage-style lighting columns.

The funding is S106 money from the Redrow Housing development in Ledsham. 

The lighting columns were identified by the Little Sutton residents group as a priority.

Chairman of the regeneration group Steve Hewitt said:

“Replacing the street lighting columns was necessary if we were to achieve the long-held aim of getting Christmas lights up in Little Sutton. 

“We’ve considered many styles of lighting but decided on a heritage style, to fit in with the style of the other street furniture we'd already bought for the village , like the planters and notice board.”

Installation will start next week and is expected to be completed by the end of the month. The columns will be installed along the high street A41, from Jessop Court to Station Road. No road closures are expected for the works. 

The S106 funds are also being used for Christmas lights for the village, the switch on date for these will be 29 November.  

Councillor Paul Donovan,  Cabinet Member for Democracy, Workforce and Communities said:

“S106 agreements, also referred to as 'developer contributions', are funds to be spent in the area that construction work has taken place that will be of direct benefit to residents.

“Thanks to the Little Sutton Village Regeneration Advisory Group the new Heritage lighting and Christmas lights were chosen for spending some of this funding.”