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.
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 or postal order, 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 |
|---|
| Section 115E licence |
To use the pavement (footway) for business purposes, such as putting out chairs and tables |
No charge |
10 working days plus 28 day notice period |
Apply for a Section 115E licence |
| Crane, cherry and mobile platform |
To use one of the named platforms on the highway or footway |
£100 |
3 working days (minimum) |
Apply for a Crane, cherry and mobile platform licence |
| Scaffold licence |
To place scaffolding on property on side of highway or footway |
£56 + £12.20 parking restriction
(£90 retrospective for non-licence) |
2 working days |
Apply for a Scaffold licence |
| Section 50 licence |
To serve one residential dwelling with 1 piece of apparatus |
£460 |
15 working days (minimum) |
Apply for a Section 50 licence
|
| Section 50 (Dual Residential) |
To place 2 new pieces of apparatus in 1 trench (such as foul and surface water) |
£710 + £71 per unit |
15 working days (minimum) |
Apply for a Section 50 licence
|
| Section 50 (Non-Residential) |
To serve two or more dwellings houses and residential development flats or maisonettes
|
£685 |
15 working days (minimum) |
Apply for a Section 50 licence
|
| Section 171 licence |
To repair or replace existing apparatus |
£289 |
15 working days (minimum) |
Apply for a Section 171 licence |
| Section 171b licence |
To deposit building materials or plant on highway |
£112 |
5 working days |
Apply for a Section 171b licence |
| Skip licence |
To put a skip on the highway |
£38+ £12.20 Parking restriction
(£90 retrospective for non-licence)
|
2 working days |
Apply for a Skip licence |
| Permission to place a sign on the highway for advertisements |
Such as new housing developments or businesses |
£154 for the first sign and £77 per additional sign |
|
|
Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders (TTROs)
| Licence type | Period of time that the licence will cover | Cost | Application pack |
|---|
|
By Notice
(if you need your licence for 3 days or less)
|
3 days or less
|
£575
|
Apply By Notice
|
|
By Order
(if you need your licence for a maximum of 18 months)
|
Maximum of 18 months
|
£2,010
|
Apply By Order
|
|
Emergency Notice
(if you need your licence immediately)
|
Maximum of 21 days, followed by possible 18 month order
|
£860
|
Apply for an Emergency Notice
|
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Town Police Clauses
(not-for-profit charitable or civic event)
|
Maximum 1 day
|
No charge (as processing is seen as the Council's contribution towards the event)
|
Apply Town Police Clauses
|
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Special Events
(large scale event or race)
|
|
£2,010
|
Apply for Special Event
|
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Temporary Traffic Control (Lights)
|
N/A
|
No charge
|
Apply for Temporary Traffic Control
|