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Highway licence fees are changing from 1 April 2025
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.
Last updated: 21 May 2025
Highways licences
If you want to use any space on the public highway for private purposes, you will usually need to contact us for permission.
You will need a licence for:
You also need a licence for:
- highways excavation
- mobile lifting
- works by licence under Section 50 of the New Roads and Streetworks Act 1991
- construction works
- making an entrance into a cellar or vault
- work to let light into an adjacent property
Fees
Find out about fees for highways licences.
Contact us
If you have any queries about highway licences email us at [email protected].
Last updated: 18 March 2025