Highways licensing

Temporary structure and skip licences

If you intend to carry out building activity which might affect members of the public or the public highway (public roads or pavements), you will need a licence for that activity. For example:

• placing a skip on a public road
  
• erecting any kind of temporary scaffolding/fencing/hoarding around a building site ("temporary structure")
  
• vehicles delivering materials that need to cross a footway to reach the site
  
• excavating any part of a public road or pavement to access repairs to vaults or pavement lights, or to dig trial holes

IMPORTANT: From 3rd March 2008, we are introducing an initial inspection charge and offering a site meeting for all temporary structure licence applications - read more about these changes.

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