Cost of fees
The cost of licences, including renewals, for skips and temporary structures or material on the highway, and other licencing fees, will increase from 1 April 2025:
- licences to erect scaffolding, temporary structures, hoarding or to deposit building material on the highway will cost £683 per application
- mobile lifting operation licence increases to £750
- licence to deposit a skip on the highway will cost £146 per application
- administration fee for holding a deposit for a licence will be £66 per application
Charges for suspending a parking bay will also increase from 1 April 2025.
Skip licence, highway licences and dispensation fees
Please note that the application fees for a highway licence, skip licence or a renewal must be paid for each period requested.
The fees from 1 April 2025 are:
| Fee per application | Min. licence period |
Max. licence period |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Builders skip licence | £146 | 1 day | 1 month |
From 5 August 2021, there is a non-refundable admin charge per licence for holding onto a deposit.
| Fee per application | Min. licence period | Max. licence period | Non-refundable, deposit holding admin fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temporary Structure licence | £683 | 1 day | 3 months | £66 |
| Plant and Materials licence | £683 | 1 day | 1 month | £66 |
All fees apply per application per period requested.
Conditions
All suspension charges and deposits are in addition to the above.
From 5 August 2021, a non-refundable admin charge applies per licence for holding a deposit as security.
We issue these licences, and skip renewals, for any period per application (from one day up to a maximum of one month for skips and plant materials, or up to three months for temporary structures).
Yellow line dispensations are charged daily on the same basis as a suspension fee and must be paid for on approval.
Last updated: 31 March 2025