Highways licences

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: 1 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