SECURITY lighting is set to be installed at a sheltered housing scheme in Burnley in a bid to combat anti-social behaviour.

Residents living in Calico’s Palace House and Woodbine scheme have complained of people urinating and starting fires in the doorway.

The local tenants and residents association has now come up with a £1,500 scheme to install lights to improve the ‘well-being’ of people living in the area.

Eileen Thompson, secretary of the tenants and residents association, said: “It will go towards providing security lighting on some sheltered housing, as the street lighting in the square is inadequate.

“The area is extremely dark, and residents cannot make out through their security hole who is calling on them in the late evening.

“We have a experienced a lot of anti-social behaviour from teenagers and local youths, who use the doorways to urinate and also set fires in the doorways. Councillor Betsy Stringer campaigned for better lighting in this year from Lancashire County Council but didn’t manage to succeed.

“This equipment is being purchased from a reputable company who will install this security lighting to help ease the general well-being of the residents in the area, who regularly suffer anti-social behaviour from youths.

“The grass in front of their property is cut, but then the grass cuttings are all left behind. This is then used by youths to place mounds of grass in front of doorways and set light to it.

“Hopefully by lighting up this area, along with the general footpaths, youths will stop this type of behaviour.

“We have the full backing of the police.”

The Palace and House and Woodbine Tenants and Residents Association have funded £750 of the work themselves, with Burnley councillor Betsy Stringer contributing £554 from her local fund, and County Councillor Jeff Sumner adding a further £250 from his local members grants scheme.