Highways licences

Highway licences fees and duration are changing from 1 April 2024.

The cost of licences, including renewals, for skips and temporary structures or material on the highway will increase from 1 April 2024. 

The duration of the skip and material licences will also change to a maximum of 1 month only per application.

Licences to erect temporary scaffolding, hoarding or to deposit building material on the highway will cost £669 per application. The cost for a mobile lifting operation licence increases to £735.

A licence to deposit a skip on the highway will cost £143 per application.

The admin fee for holding a deposit for a licence will be £64.50 per application.

The charges for suspending a parking bay will also increase from 1 April 2024.

Highways licences

If you want to use any space on the public highway for private purposes, you will usually need to contact us for permission.

You will need a licence for:

• skips
• scaffolding
• building materials
• hoardings or fences
• tables and chairs

You also need a licence for:

• highways excavation
• mobile lifting
• works by licence under Section 50 of the New Roads and Streetworks Act 1991
• construction works
• making an entrance into a cellar or vault
• work to let light into an adjacent property

Fees

Find out about fees for highways licences.

Contact us

If you have any queries about highway licences email us at [email protected].