Crane licence terms and conditions

Any failure to comply with the terms and conditions listed below will render your license invalid. 

Make sure you read and fully understand our conditions before signing the agreement.

1. The London Borough of Southwark grants to the applicant the right to operate a crane or similar apparatus on the public highway, the jib of which will oversail the highway.
2. The works are carried out entirely at the applicant’s risk. The London Borough of Southwark has no liability for the works or the maintenance of the works (either now or in the future) and has no liability for damage caused to private property by the works.
3. The applicant must have public liability insurance to work on the public highway. The cover value of this should be a minimum of £5,000,000 per incident, with an unlimited number of incidents and shall be liable for and shall indemnify the council against all actions in law or in equity damages, statutory or common law losses, costs, charges, fees, claims and damages in consequence of the transportation, erection, dismantling and/or use of the plant whether by means of defect (latent or otherwise) in the said plant or for any other reason whatsoever.
4. During the operations, the applicant shall take all steps to ensure that the safety and well being of the public is not jeopardised and shall comply with all reasonable requests made by the us in this respect. Attention is drawn to the publication Code of Practice 3010, 1972 - Safe use of cranes.
5. The signing and guarding of the works shall be in strict compliance with the Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice. The applicant must take all steps to ensure the safety of the public and shall comply with all reasonable requests made by the council and all other authorised persons.
6. The applicant must comply with any instructions given by any authorised officer of the London Borough of Southwark, in particular with regard to Health and Safety.
7. This licence is issued for the purposes of section 178 of the Highways Act 1980, but does not relieve the applicant from compliance with any other part of that Act, or any other Act, bylaws, statutory provision or Regulation that may apply.
8. The applicant shall permit officers to inspect the operations at any time.
9. The applicant shall note that the council may, if it thinks fit and reasonable to do so, terminate this consent without notice. At such a time, all operations and plant shall be dismantled and removed from the highway without delay.
10. The applicant will be liable for any damage caused to the public highway as a result of the works, and will be required to pay the London Borough of Southwark the total cost of any repairs to the public highway as may be deemed necessary.
11. The licensee will erect, maintain and dismantle the crane strictly in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
12. The applicant shall ensure that a banksman is used when loads, or the crane, oversail the highway.
13. The applicant will ensure that the driver and all personnel connected with the operation of the crane are competent and qualified while ensuring that all the relevant and necessary safety precautions are adhered to.
14. The licence authorises the applicant only, and is not transferable to any other persons or parties.
15. The use of recording equipment, cameras, videos, etc, by any users from the crane is prohibited.
16. We reserve the right to charge a fee for an amendment to a valid existing licence.
17. Where it is observed that licence conditions are not being adhered to then fixed penalty notices may be issued.
18. The crane must only be situated on the carriageway and never on the footway (unless under 5KN and there are no cavities/ cellars/basements under the footway). The maximum weight on the carriageway is 40 KN.
19. At any time, we may request a construction management plan from the developer or licensee.