Floodlights football

lbyrne121

Hi

We are considering buying a house but seen from County council planning permission that the soccer pitch behind has been granted conditional planning permission for 8 x 18meter floodlights (5 lights per column)

The condition on planning permission is usage but nothing has been submitted as of yet to state hours and patterns of usage also that the light from floodlights can't impact or annoy residential properties.

My question is would these flood lights have a major impact on the house? As the planning permission states they can't cause impact on the house would they make sure they deflect away from house?

Calahonda52

extra lighting at the back of you house is always a good thing, especially if its free!.

Angry bird

Typically up til ten in the evening re hours which really should have been specified by condition. The Environment section of the Council are the ones to approach re noise concerns should this arise. The other is undue overspill of light, which can readily be dealt with by proper cowling of the lights and the planning section are the ones to approach.

listermint

Floodlights are brrrriiight.

Personally it wouldn't be for me at all.

Gumbo

They will be angled towards the pitch so you won't be flooded with direct light but you will get some of the run off.

Drive around to some completed systems to see its effect on adjoining houses.

And as said above, they usually go off around 10 if even that late.

lbyrne121

Thanks everyone for your comments.. I am going to try and go around to houses that have floodlights beside them and see but I think it will be a hard one still to judge if not inside the house to see if they get much glare or spill from the lights..

I really like the house and annoyed now cause this might have turned us off it..  I have attached a map of the location of the floodlights and circled in red the house.. Seems quite close and that we would get a lot of run off?

BryanF

listermint wrote: »

Floodlights are brrrriiight.

Personally it wouldn't be for me at all.

Was involved in an application for pitch behind housing. All sorts of neighbours, nosy body's and do-gooders objected.

The pitch was refused at ABP due mainly to volume of objections!

Soon after planning was submitted for housing, same objectors were out in force. Now the residents look out on rows of houses, that block their views, winter sun light, increased chimney smoke, and traffic noise..

Personally I'd rather have the pitch.

lbyrne121

Planning permission has been granted so not really much I can do.. it just has conditions that the lights have to be directed/cowled away from the house but I think they may be still a lot of excess light..

Its -snip- pitch if anyone knows the area and knows anything about the hours/pattern of use that would be great?

Luckysasha

There seems to be a lot of issues with this house that are causing you concern. From lights next door to big ESB poles in your garden. If I where you I'd look for another house. Even the house being so close to the main road will annoy you with traffic noise. No point coming on here in six months time looking to see if the road can be moved !!!!!

lbyrne121

I was only asking about the electricity pole for safety concerns as I wouldn't have a clue if certain voltages would be too dangerous to be near..
As for the road that with be no issue as I am currently use to being beside a road.. I really like the house my concern was just would the lights be too bright in the house as I cant judge as I don't live there at the moment..

BryanF

lbyrne121 wrote: »

I was only asking about the electricity pole for safety concerns as I wouldn't have a clue if certain voltages would be too dangerous to be near..
As for the road that with be no issue as I am currently use to being beside a road.. I really like the house my concern was just would the lights be too bright in the house as I cant judge as I don't live there at the moment..

some posts edited. We should avoid directing people to the specific address/ owner/ property. Thanks

iwillhtfu

Calahonda52 wrote: »

extra lighting at the back of you house is always a good thing, especially if its free!.

There's extra light on your house and then there's flood lights on your house.

OP these will be extremely bright and the shades they usually apply are good for houses at a distance but if you back directly onto the grounds they'll have little affect.

As mentioned just take a drive up to the road and have a look you don;t necessarily have to see the back of the house.

It would be a game over and onto the next one straight away for me.

lbyrne121

iwillhtfu wrote: »

Calahonda52 wrote: »

extra lighting at the back of you house is always a good thing, especially if its free!.

There's extra light on your house and then there's flood lights on your house.

OP these will be extremely bright and the shades they usually apply are good for houses at a distance but if you back directly onto the grounds they'll have little affect.  

As mentioned just take a drive up to the road and have a look you don;t necessarily have to see the back of the house.

It would be a game over and onto the next one straight away for me.

The problem is the lights aren't up yet so I cant judge what they would be like on the house, the planning permission has been granted.

it says in the planning permission that they will cowl/direct the lights so they don't effect the house and cause annoyance, it is a condition on the planning permission, so in your opinion you think it still will?

lbyrne121