Licences and site layout

Key requirements

Construction Traffic Management Plans (CTMPs)

Site layout

1. Approval is required to carry out any works on the highway.

A licence is required to lift the footway and make a temporary excavation

1. If required, these will normally be set as a planning condition and must be approved before works relating to the permission commence

1. Sites should be fenced to deter public access

2. Apply for a licence to place temporary structure on the highway (e.g scaffolding, hoardings, gantries or storage of materials on the highway) 

2. In summary, CTMPs should cover

• routing of vehicles
• site access arrangements
• estimation of vehicle movements per day
• details of vehicle holding areas
• parking arrangements
• required suspensions
• work programme and timing for each phase of the development
• a strategy for co-ordinating the connection of services on site with any programmed work to utilities on adjacent land

2. Gates in the fencing or hoarding should be positioned and constructed to minimise noise transmission and must not open outwards onto the highway

3. Apply for a licence to place a skip on the highway

3. Check out the Council’s information about:

• highway excavation licences
• skips
• temporary structures
• scaffolding and hoarding

4. For a street works licence to place and retain, inspect, repair or alter apparatus (e.g drains, cables, ducts, sewer pipes etc) in a street, contact the Private Works Engineers on 020 7341 5240

Read more about Managing Traffic and Transport

5. For information about fixed and mobile cranes and rigging please contact the Highways Officer on 020 8753 5132

6. Consent is required to close any part of a road or footpath, at least 8 weeks in advance

7. Please note, failure to obtain the right licence may result in an offence being committed and you could be liable on summary conviction to a fine.