Highway licence fees
You may be charged a highway licence late notification fee of £33 if you do not give enough notice. Where notice is required, this is shown in the table below.
Licence type | Notice required | Cost |
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Application for skips (7 days) |
2 days |
£20 |
Scaffolding licence |
7 days |
£55 admin fee £71 inspection fee per month or part of |
Hoarding licence |
7 days |
£55 admin fee £71 inspection fee per month or part of |
Deposits of materials upon the highway |
7 days |
£55 admin fee £71 inspection fee per month or part of |
Placement of containers, cabins, welfare facilities on the highway |
7 days |
£55 admin fee £71 inspection fee per month or part of |
Tower crane / oversail licence |
14 days |
£55 admin fee £71 inspection fee per month or part of |
Mobile elevated work platform (cherry pickers) or mobile crane licence |
7 days |
£55 admin fee £71 inspection fee per month or part of |
Canopies, balconies etc. |
2 months |
£55 admin fee £71 inspection fee per month or part of |
Apparatus on the highway |
7 days |
£55 admin fee £71 inspection fee per month or part of |
Cables and rails over the highway |
7 days |
£55 admin fee £71 inspection fee per month or part of |
Vehicle crossing licence |
14 days |
£55 admin fee £71 inspection fee per month or part of |
Road opening notices |
20 days |
£55 admin fee £109 inspection fee per month or part of |
Section 50 (street works) licence - new apparatus |
28 days |
£174 admin fee £196 capitalised fee £142 inspection fee for each 200m length |
Section 50 (street works) licence - existing apparatus |
28 days |
£83 admin fee £137 inspection fee for each 200m length |
Street café licence |
2 months |
£487 for new applications £142 annual renewal fee |
Building works to cellars |
14 days |
£484 licence fee £142 inspection fee per month or part of |
Advertising boards |
2 months |
£119 for new applications £70 annual renewal fee |
Display of goods (up to 5m2) |
2 months |
£119 for new applications £70 annual renewal |
Display (over 5m2) |
2 months |
£185 for new applications £138 annual renewal |
Highway charges
Charge | Cost |
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Parking waiver |
£16 (1 day per vehicle) admin fee |
Road traffic accident clear-up |
£55 admin fee Labour / plant / materials - actual cost |
Placing of a traffic sign on or near a road consideration |
£55 admin fee |
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 |
Traffic Regulation Order fees
Order type | Notice required | Cost |
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5 day closure (planned works) |
28 days |
£343 |
Emergency closure (21 days) |
Next day |
£343 |
Temporary 18 month closure (roads)* |
28 days |
£1,760 minimum |
Temporary 6 month closure (footpaths)* |
28 days |
£1,760 minimum |
Extension to temporary 6 month closure* |
14 days |
£1,760 minimum |
Permanent order* |
28 days |
£1,760 minimum |
Application from developer to vary, amend, or revoke a Traffic Regulation Order* |
28 days |
£2,750 minimum |
*Advertising costs - estimate £600 to £1,000 per advert, but this varies depending on the advert size
Street naming and numbering fees
Details | Cost |
---|---|
New streets |
£155 |
1 to 3 addresses |
£40 per address |
4 address or more |
£13 per address |
For every 50 address or part of above 3 |
£100 |
Searches and information charges
Type of information | Cost |
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Highway inspector report, complaint, contact To provide copies for the previous 2 years |
£60 |
Works instructions / orders To provide copies for the previous 2 years |
£60 |
Street works register To provide copies for the previous 2 years |
£60 |
Additional charge for more than 2 previous years of any of the above |
£60 |
Highway adoption records To provide electronic extracts of records |
£38 |