Sometimes called The Gingerbread Town

Street lights can sometimes fail, but it is important to know what you can do as a citizen to get them repaired, so we present a brief summary here. The starting point is to understand whether the location is still the responsibility of the developer, has been adopted by the Country Council or is on Town property. The majority of roads in Downham Market have been adopted, but it is worth checking if this is the case if the street light is on a new build location. For a guide the Norfolk County Council interactive map highways map  is a good place to start, and this also shows current foot paths and bridleways too (though is not definitive). The snapshot of the map below shows an example where the green marked roads are maintained by Norfolk County Council Highways but the newly developed parts of Grimshoe Road and Tinkers Way have not been adopted yet, and are still likely to be the responsibility of the developer. The other areas that have street lights are those that...