Highway fees (2019/2020)

Licence type	Notice required	Details	Cost (£)
Application for skips	2 days	7 days	£16.50
Scaffolding licence	7 days	Admin fee Inspection fee (per month or part of)	£47.50 £61.50
Hoarding licence	7 days	Admin fee Inspection fee (per month or part of)	£47.50 £61.50
Deposits of materials on the highway	7 days	Admin fee Inspection fee (per month or part of)	£47.50 £61.50
Placement of containers, cabins, welfare facilities on the highway	7 days	Admin fee Inspection fee (per month or part of)	£47.50 £61.50
Towe crane / oversail licence	14 days	Admin fee Inspection fee (per month or part of)	£47.50 £61.50
Mobile elevated work platform (cherry picker) or mobile crane licence	7 days	Admin fee Inspection fee (per month or part of)	£47.50 £61.50
Canopies, balconies, etc.	2 months	Admin fee Inspection fee (per month or part of)	£47.50 £61.50
Apparatus on the highway	7 days	Admin fee Inspection fee (per month or part of)	£47.50 £61.50
Cables and rails over the highway	7 days	Admin fee Inspection fee (per month or part of)	£47.50 £61.50
Vehicle crossing licence	14 days	Admin fee Inspection fee (per month or part of)	£47.50 £61.50
Road opening notices	20 days	Admin fee Inspection fee (per month or part of)	£47.50 £95.50
Section 50 (Street Works) licence - new apparatus	28 days	Admin fee Capitalised fee Inspection fee (for each 200m length)	£152 £171.50 £124.50
Section 50 (Street Works) licence - existing apparatus	28 days	Admin fee Inspection fee (for each 200m length)	£72 £119
Street cafe licence	2 months	New application fee Annual renewal fee	£426.50 £124
Building works to cellars	14 days	Licence fee Inspection fee	£424.50 £124.50
Advertising boards	2 months	New applications Annual renewal	£104 £60
Display of goods	2 months	New applications Annual renewal	£104 £60
Display <5m²	2 months	New applications Annual renewal	£162 £120
Highway licence late notification fee	This fee may be applied where insufficient notice is given in respect of highway licence application		£30

Charge	Details	Cost (£)
Parking waiver	Admin fee. One day per vehicle.	£16
Road traffic accident clear-up	Admin fee Labour/plant/materials	£47.50 Actual cost
Placing of a traffic sign on or near a road consideration	Admin fee	£47.50
Placing of a traffic sign in accordance with above professional, legal, advertising, signing		Actual cost
Charge for loss of revenue where the operation obstructs an on-street parking bay administered by the council		£5 per day, per bay

Order type	Notice required	Cost (£)
5 day closure (planned works)	28 days	£300
Emergency closure (21 days)	Next day	£300
Temporary 18 month closure (roads)*	28 days	Minimum £1600
Temporary 6 month closure (footpaths)*	28 days	Minimum £1600
Extension to temporary 6 month closure*	14 days	Minimum £1600
Permanent order*	28 days	Minimum £1600
Application from developer to vary, amend, or revoke a Traffic Regulation Order*	28 days	Minimum £2500
*Advertising costs (estimate £400 to £800 per advert, but varies depending on advert size)

Details	Cost (£)
New streets	£155
1 to 3 addresses	£40 per address
4 addresses or more	£13 per address
For every 50 addresses or part of, above 3	£100

Type of information	Details	Cost (£)
Highway inspector report, complaint, contact	Provide copies for previous 2 years	£52.50
Works instructions / orders	Provide copies for previous 2 years	£52.50
Street works register	Provide copies for previous 2 years	£42.50
Additional charge	For more than 2 previous years of any of the above	£52.50
Highway adoption records	Provide electronic extracts of	£32