Roads and pavements

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: 26 March 2025

Services

Temporary structures

How to apply for a licence for a temporary structure licence or to store materials or plant, including information about costs and conditions.

Cost of fees

Fees for skip permits, temporary structure and plant and material licences.

Maintaining roads and pavements

Information on our programme to maintain roads and pavements in the borough.

Street enforcement

Role of our Street Enforcement Team and fixed penalty notices

Street lighting

Information about street lighting design in the borough.

Highway status enquiries

Information about full land charge searches, CON29 enquiries and highway status enquiries.

CTMP guidance

Information about Construction Traffic Management Plans including guidance notes and a pro-forma.

Apply for a highway excavation licence

How to apply for a licence to lift the footway and make a temporary excavation, including licence conditions.

 

Terms and Conditions for Highway licences

Full terms and conditions for skips, storing materials and erecting scaffolding or temporary crossovers on public highways in RBKC

Highways licences

Find out which highways licence you need to apply for if you want to use the public highway for private purposes.

List of streets

A list of streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Managing construction traffic

Information about submitting a Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) for parking availability and road safety.

Abandoned vehicles

Information about penalties for abandoning a vehicle on the public highway.

Roadworks fines

Information about maximum fines for offences on public highways. This includes placing a skip on the highway without a licence.

Advice for scaffolders

Advice for scaffolders working in Kensington and Chelsea.

Apply for a skip permit

Apply for a skip permit, information about using skips and how to request a parking bay suspension.

Maximum fines

damaging a road - £1000 plus the cost of the repair

Idling Engines- Don’t Be Idle

It is an offence to leave the engine running when your vehicle is parked.

Dropped kerbs

Dropped kerbs help wheelchair and mobility scooter users.

Privacy Notice for Parking Services

Important information about your privacy and how we process your information.

Oversailing Licence

Any structure which permanently overhangs the public highway must be licensed in accordance with Section 177 of the Highways Act 1980. This is often referred to as an oversailing licence. 

Requesting a bench

How to request the palcement of a bench on the highway.

Carrying out works in the borough

What to consider when carrying out works in the borough.