Highway licences

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These activities include:

placing skips on the highway
erecting or dismantling scaffolding or hoarding
placing cranes
cherry pickers and mobile platforms on the highway
and the use of temporary traffic signals.
a licence can also be issued to excavate in the highway, to place or repair apparatus in the highway.

Streetworks also issue Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders for road closures or parking prohibitions for both road works and events.

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 or postal order, made out to Conwy County Borough Council:

Streetworks
Environment, Roads and Facilities
Mochdre Offices
Conway Road
Mochdre
LL28 5AB

Licence name	Description	Licence cost	Processing time	Application pack
Crane, cherry and mobile platform	To use one of the named platforms on the highway / footway	£100	3 working days (minimum)	Apply for a Crane, cherry and mobile platform licence
Scaffold licence	Scaffold placement on property on side of highway/ footway	£55 + £12 parking restriction (£90 retrospective for non-licence)	2 working days	Apply for a Scaffold licence
Section 50 licence Section 50 (Dual Residential) Section 50 (Non-Residential)	To place new apparatus in the highway To serve two or more dwellings houses and residential development flats / maisonettes To place 2 new pieces of apparatus in 1 trench (e.g. foul & surface water)	£460 £700 + £70 per unit £675	15 working days (minimum) 15 working days (minimum) 15 working days (minimum)	Apply for a Section 50 licence Apply for a Section 50 licence Apply for a Section 50 licence
Section 171 licence	To repair or replace existing apparatus	£285	15 working days (minimum)	Apply for a Section 171 licence
Section 171b licence	To deposit building materials / plant on highway	£110	5 working days	Apply for a Section 171b licence
Skip licence	Skip placement on the highway	£37+ £12 Parking restriction (£90 retrospective for non-licence)	2 working days	Apply for a Skip licence

Licence type	Period of time that the licence will cover	Cost	Application pack
By Notice (if your licence is needed for 3 days or less)	3 days or less	£565	Apply By Notice
By Order (if your licence needed for a maximum of 18 months)	Maximum of 18 months	£1,980	Apply By Order
Emergency Notice (if your licence is required immediately)	Maximum of 21 days, followed by possible 18 month order	£850	Apply for an Emergency Notice
Town Police Clauses (non-profit / community event)	3 days	No charge (as processing is seen as the Council's contribution towards the event)	Apply Town Police Clauses
Special Events (large scale event or race)		£1,980	Apply for Special Event
Temporary Traffic Control (Lights)	N/A	No charge	Apply for Temporary Traffic Control

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