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
- using the pavement for business purposes (such as chairs and tables)
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
| Licence name | Description | Licence cost | Processing time | Application pack |
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Section 115E licence
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To use the pavement (footway) for business purposes, such as putting out chairs and tables
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No charge
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10 working days plus 28 day notice period
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Apply for a Section 115E licence
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Crane, cherry and mobile platform
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To use one of the named platforms on the highway or footway
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£100
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3 working days (minimum)
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Apply for a Crane, cherry and mobile platform licence
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Scaffold licence
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To place scaffolding on property on side of highway or footway
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£56 + £12.20 parking restriction
(£90 retrospective for non-licence)
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2 working days
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Apply for a Scaffold licence
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Section 50 licence
Section 50 (Dual Residential)
Section 50 (Non-Residential)
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To serve one residential dwelling with 1 piece of apparatus
To place 2 new pieces of apparatus in 1 trench (such as foul and surface water)
To serve two or more dwellings houses and residential development flats or maisonettes
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£467
£710 + £71 per unit
£685
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15 working days (minimum)
15 working days (minimum)
15 working days (minimum)
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Apply for a Section 50 licence
Apply for a Section 50 licence
Apply for a Section 50 licence
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Section 171 licence
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To repair or replace existing apparatus
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£289
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15 working days (minimum)
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Apply for a Section 171 licence
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Section 171b licence
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To deposit building materials or plant on highway
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£112
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5 working days
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Apply for a Section 171b licence
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Skip licence
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To put a skip on the highway
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£38+ £12.20 parking restriction
(£90 retrospective for non-licence)
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2 working days
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Apply for a Skip licence
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Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders (TTROs)
| Licence type | Period of time that the licence will cover | Cost | Application pack |
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By Notice
(if you need your licence for 3 days or less)
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3 days or less
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£575
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Apply By Notice
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By Order
(if you need your licence for a maximum of 18 months)
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Maximum of 18 months
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£2010
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Apply By Order
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Emergency Notice
(if you need your licence immediately)
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Maximum of 21 days, followed by possible 18 month order
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£860
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Apply for an Emergency Notice
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Town Police Clauses
(not-for-profit charitable or civic event)
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Maximum 1 day
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No charge (as processing is seen as the Council's contribution towards the event)
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Apply Town Police Clauses
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Special Events
(large scale event or race)
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£2010
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Apply for Special Event
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Temporary Traffic Control (Lights)
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N/A
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No charge
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Apply for Temporary Traffic Control
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