Highways licensing fees and charges

Information about the fees for highway licences and how long the licences last.

Fees and charges from September 2024

Pavement licences and advertising boards

Licence type

Fee

Length of licence

New pavement licence

£300

Per annum

Renewed pavement licence

£200

Per annum

Advertising board licence

£220

Per annum

Scaffolding licences

Licence type

Fee

Length of licence

A damage deposit - a minimum of £750 applies for all for scaffold and hoarding licences (refundable on completion following verbal or written confirmation and satisfactory site inspection)

£750

Not applicable

Scaffolding licence - Commercial single frontages (and residential sites measuring up to 15m)

£420

Per month

Scaffolding licence (Any site measuring more than 15m)

£960

Per month

Hoarding licences

Licence type

Fee

Length of licence

A damage deposit - a minimum of £750 applies for all for hoarding licences (refundable on completion following verbal or written confirmation and satisfactory site inspection)

£750

Not applicable

Hoarding licence - Commercial single frontages (and residential sites measuring up to 15m)

£420

Per month

Hoarding licence (Any site measuring more than 15m)

£960

Per month

Crane licences

Licence type

Fee

Length of licence

A damage deposit - a minimum of £750 applies for all for hoarding licences (refundable on completion following verbal or written confirmation and satisfactory site inspection)

£750

Not applicable

Major crane application

£1,000

Per fortnight

Major crane operations

£500

Per fortnight

Skips and building materials licences

Licence type

Fee

Length of licence

Skip licence

£130

Per fortnight

Builders' materials licence

£130

Per fortnight

Applications for highway licences, where applicable, also require payment for the suspension of a parking bay.

Other highway licences

Licence type

Fee

Length of licence

Storage containers (Developments, stadiums, etc)

£1,110

Per fortnight

Portaloos

£110

Per fortnight

Site huts

£330

Per fortnight

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