Highways licensing fees and charges

Check the full list of Highways licensing fees and charges below. If you cancel a licence there is a Cancellation Fee, which is 30% of the licence fee.

• Putting items and structures on public roads 

  You need a licence if you want to put an item or temporary structure on a public road. 

  • Skip Licence (per month), £99.90
  • Hoardings/Scaffold (up to 10 metres) per month, £509.30
  • Hoardings/Scaffold (over 10 metres and up to 50 metres) per month, £679.10
  • Hoardings/Scaffold (over 50 metres) per month, £922.30
  • Crane Licences, £334.00 1st day, £159 each following day.
  • Containers/Site Huts/Portaloos (per month), £367.10
  • Major Materials Licence (per sq. metre per month), £28.90
  • Minor Materials Licence (up to 6 sq. metres), £129.30
  • Conveyor Belt Licence (not including skip - per month), £328.50
  • Hoist Licence (in addition to scaffold/hoarding licence, per month), £328.50
  • Street Furniture Licence Fee (per annum), £263.30
  • Shop Front Licence (per annum), £263.30
  • Street Furniture Licence/Shop front (per additional sq. metre), £106.70
  • Advertising Board (per annum), £106.70
  • Pavement Licence, £350 renewal, £500 new application
• Traffic management 

  There are fees to pay if you need to stop or limit traffic on a public highway. There are also fees for removing abandoned vehicles from privately managed car parks, or for road traffic offences.

  • Temporary Traffic Orders (standard), £2587.00
  • Temporary Traffic Orders (emergency), £2511.00
  • Removal of Abandoned Vehicle from privately managed car park (each), £150
  • Fixed Penalty Notices (Highways Licensing), £100
• Construction management

  You need to apply for a Construction Management Plan for any type of development that may have an impact on the public highway

  • Construction Management Plan Major, £33,717.20
  • Construction Management Plan Minor, £15,684.90
• Filming

  If you're filming on a public highway, check what fees you have to pay.

  • Filming Permit up to 3 days, £55.30
  • Filming Permit up to 10 days, £91.70
  • Filming Permit over 10 days or requiring Traffic Order, £428.90
  • Temporary Traffic Notice (TTN) for Filming, £657.90
• Road works

  If you need to carry out road works on public roads or pavements you must apply for:

  • a Section 50 Licence if you need to install / repair / maintain apparatus 
  • a Section 171 Licence if you don't need to install apparatus

  These licences each cost £788.30. 

  If you need to carry out Core Testing, the fee is £273.80. 

Page last updated: 09 April 2024