Street lighting in Knight's Orchard

I'd asked the county engineers about the lighting levels in Knight's Orchard, off Station Road. The issue came up at the Parish Council.

The engineers have come back to say that the developer isn't planning to put street lights in, and this apparently was agreed some time back. This was on the basis of local consultation - which we'll need to find out a bit more about - that because Station Road itself is pretty dark (say that again) if this development was lit to current requirements it would look like a fairground by contrast.

Mmmm. People now moving into the development might not have realised this - it does look pretty dark - and because it is on a slope, it seems more so going further away from Station Road. I also learnt that developers do not have to install lighting for the road to be adopted.