Hoarding
All hoardings placed on the public highway in Westminster require a temporary structure licence which you must obtain before erecting the structure.
If a hoarding has been erected on the public highway without approval, it will be considered an illegal obstruction and the council will require its immediate removal. In certain circumstances the council may commence legal proceedings.
Specific conditions are attached to each individual licence, however your attention is drawn to the following:
Erecting and dismantling
The hoarding should be designed, constructed, erected and dismantled in a safe manner by or in the presence of a competent person and in conjunction with the current legislation (Section 172 of the Highways Act 1980 and Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991) and Health and Safety Executive guidelines.
General conditions
The hoarding should be constructed of smooth, close boarded timber to a height of no less than 2.44m unless otherwise agreed, and shall be maintained thereafter to the satisfaction of the council. Advertisements are not permitted unless approval has been given by the council’s planning department.
All doors in the hoarding must open inwards and not outwards over the public highway. Where this is not possible, doors should be of the sliding type.
The hoarding must not obstruct access to utility companies’ plant, or enclose any street furniture (street lamps, traffic signs, pay and display machines etc).
The hoarding must be adequately lit between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise. Red bulkhead lights are to be fixed at the top of the hoarding at either end and at intervals of 3m in between.
Wherever possible, the hoarding needs to be kept back from the kerb edge by a minimum of 0.45m.
Where an agreement has been made to erect the hoarding nearer than 0.45m to the kerb edge, baulk timbers 300mm x 300mm must be placed on the carriageway for the full length of the structure.
These timbers must be painted red and white and fitted with red bulkhead lights at 3m intervals.