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Highway licence fees 2023/2024

You may be charged a highway licence late notification fee of £33 if you do not give enough notice. Where notice is required, this is shown in the table below.

Licence type Notice required Cost

Application for skips (7 days)

2 days

£20

Scaffolding licence

7 days

£55 admin fee

£71 inspection fee per month or part of

Hoarding licence

7 days

£55 admin fee

£71 inspection fee per month or part of

Deposits of materials upon the highway

7 days

£55 admin fee

£71 inspection fee per month or part of

Placement of containers, cabins, welfare facilities on the highway

7 days

£55 admin fee

£71 inspection fee per month or part of

Tower crane / oversail licence

14 days

£55 admin fee

£71 inspection fee per month or part of

Mobile elevated work platform (cherry pickers) or mobile crane licence

7 days

£55 admin fee

£71 inspection fee per month or part of

Canopies, balconies etc.

2 months

£55 admin fee

£71 inspection fee per month or part of

Apparatus on the highway

7 days

£55 admin fee

£71 inspection fee per month or part of

Cables and rails over the highway

7 days

£55 admin fee

£71 inspection fee per month or part of

Vehicle crossing licence

14 days

£55 admin fee

£71 inspection fee per month or part of

Road opening notices

20 days

£55 admin fee

£109 inspection fee per month or part of

Section 50 (street works) licence - new apparatus

28 days

£174 admin fee

£196 capitalised fee

£142 inspection fee for each 200m length

Section 50 (street works) licence - existing apparatus

28 days

£83 admin fee

£137 inspection fee for each 200m length

Street café licence

2 months

£487 for new applications

£142 annual renewal fee

Building works to cellars

14 days

£484 licence fee

£142 inspection fee per month or part of

Advertising boards

2 months

£119 for new applications

£70 annual renewal fee

Display of goods (up to 5m2)

2 months

£119 for new applications

£70 annual renewal

Display (over 5m2)

2 months

£185 for new applications

£138 annual renewal