Highway excavation licences

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You can apply for a licence to lift the footway and make a temporary excavation.

We generally grant licences after a satisfactory site inspection, for reasonable purposes like:

You must follow your licence's conditions, including any concerning pedestrian safety.

What are the conditions?

We won't issue your licence until we receive your deposit.
When you have finished the excavation work, you should temporarily
re-lay the footway for pedestrian safety. Also, you should write to our
customer services section to confirm your work is finished.
As the permit holder, you are responsible for keeping the footway in a safe condition, until we permanently replace the footway.
You must follow all your licence's conditions, including any concerning pedestrian safety. We have the right to permanently refill any excavations in the highway. As the licence holder, you should temporarily refill and maintain any excavations you have made until we carry out the permanent repairs.

The final 'reinstatement' cost (in other words, whatever is necessary to reinstate the footway) will be the cost of the work plus a 20 per cent administration charge. If the cost of the work is less than £250, an administration charge of £39 will be added to the cost of the work.
We will issue your licence when we receive your deposit.

We will charge you for any underpayment or refund you with any overpayment after we have finished the permanent reinstatement.