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Highway licences


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If you intend to do any work on the highway (including the pavement) you must obtain a licence.
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If you intend to do any work on the highway (either road or pavement) you must obtain a licence.

These activities include:

  • placing skips on the highway
  • putting up or dismantling scaffolding or hoarding
  • placing cranes, cherry pickers and mobile platforms on the highway
  • using temporary traffic signals

We also issue licences to excavate in the highway, and to place or repair apparatus in the highway.

Our Streetworks team issues Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders for road closures or parking prohibitions for roadworks and events.


How to apply

Download an application pack, complete it in full (using the checklist where applicable) and email it to streetworks@conwy.gov.uk

Send your payment by cheque, made out to Conwy County Borough Council:

Streetworks,
Environment, Roads & Facilities,
PO Box 1,
CONWY,
LL30 9GN


Highway Licences

License Description Processing Time Cost SW Ref. 
Section 50 licence (Residential) To place new apparatus in the highway for 1 residential dwelling  15 working days (minimum) £591.60  SW/1620 (ROLU) 
Section 50 licence (Residential) To place 2 new pieces of apparatus in 1 trench (such as foul and surface water) for 1 residential dwelling 15 working days (minimum) £867.60  SW/1600 (ROLU)
Section 50 licence (Retail or industrial) To place new apparatus in the highway on a retail or industrial estate 15 working days (minimum)  £867.60   SW/1620 (ROLU) 
Section 50 (New development) To place apparatus in the highway for 2 or more dwellings, including houses, bungalows, flats and maisonettes 15 working days (minimum)  £899 + £100 per unit  SW/1600 (ROLU) 
Section 171 licence To repair or replace existing apparatus  15 working days (minimum)  £364.80  SW/1610 (ROL) 
Section 171b licence To deposit building materials or plant on highway  5 working days  £141.60 SW/1620 (ROD) 

 

Item Description Processing Time License Cost 
Crane, cherry and mobile platform  To use one of the named platforms on the highway or footway  3 working days (minimum)  £100 
Scaffold  To place scaffolding on property on side of highway or footway  2 working days  £70.80 + £12.86 parking restriction (£90 retrospective for non-licence) 
Skip  To put a skip on the highway  2 working days  £49+ £12.86 parking restriction   (£90 retrospective for non-licence) 
Signs  To put a sign on adopted highway. Such as new housing developments or businesses  £192 for the first sign and £96 per additional sign 
Vehicular Crossing (Section 184)  Vehicular Access to property  3 working days  £364.80 

 

Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders (TTROs)

Licence type Period of time that the licence will cover Processing Time Cost Reference 
By Notice  3 days or less  20 working days  £727.20  SW/1300 
By Order  Maximum of 18 months  6 weeks (minimum)  £2638.80  SW/1400 
Emergency Notice
(if you need your licence immediately) 
Maximum of 2 x 21 days, followed by possible 18 month order  Can be made up to 24 hours, by 10am on a Monday, after a road is closed  £1088.40  SW/1100 
Town Police Clauses
(not-for-profit charitable or civic event) 
Maximum of 3 days  28 days  No charge (as processing is seen as the Council's contribution towards the event)  SW/1500 
Special Events
(large scale event or race) 
£2638.80 
Retrospective Closures

Any road closure without an approved TTRO application.

Or an emergency where the application has not being received within 24 hours 
 - £2638.80
 Temporary Traffic Control (Lights) N/A  No charge 

 

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