Councillors have delayed their decision on already installed floodlights near a small Monkspath shopping centre car park saying they want more information.

As the Local Democracy Reporting Service previously reported the row over the four metre high lighting columns surrounding electric charging points installed on the car park near the parade of shops at Shelly Shopping Centre in Farmhouse Way has been rumbling on for months.

In the original application planning agents JMS Planning and Development had explained the applicant wanted retrospective approval for the floodlighting, stressing the installation of reflectors to direct light downward and reduce light spill would mitigate the impact on neighbours.

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