Any person or organisation who wishes to carry out work within, excavate, or break through the existing adopted highway will need to apply for a licence under Section 50 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA), prior to the work taking place.  Details of licence fees and the relevant application form can be obtained by clicking on the files located to the right of this page. Please note the following guidance notes:

• The person granted the streetworks licence becomes an undertaker for the purposes of  NRSWA, and therefore attracts the relevant duties and responsibilities imposed by the Act and associated Secondary Legislation and Codes of Practice.
• Those applicants not familiar with the requirements of this legislation are strongly advised to appoint a contractor with the appropriate knowledge and accreditation to help complete the application and conduct the works on their behalf.  Contractors without the appropriate knowledge and accreditation will not be allowed to work within the highway.
• Financial penalties may arise to the licence holders for non-compliance with the relevant statutory duties or licence conditions, and applicants must note that this liability cannot be delegated to any other person or organisation.
• The requirement to obtain the licence applies to any person or organisation (other than anyone acting under a statutory right) who wishes to place, retain and thereafter inspect, maintain, adjust, repair, alter, or renew apparatus or change its position or remove it from the highway.  The term apparatus includes drains, cables, ducts, sewer pipes, water and gas pipes etc both under, over, across, along, or upon the highway.
• The application must be submitted prior to commencement of the proposed works.
• The above guidance is not exhaustive of all the requirements of the licence.  If you require further information or guidance please contact the Authority at the contacts below. 

Application forms are to be submitted to: Built Environment, Transport & Design Services, P O Box 502, Vancouver House, Central Mews, Gurney Street, Middlesbrough TS1 9FW; or by Email: streetworks@middlesbrough.gov.uk

If you require verbal advice with regards to the above application please telephone 01642 728156 and a member of the team will be pleased to assist you.

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