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 form, 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 | Licence cost | Reference |
|---|
| Section 50 licence (Residential) |
To place new apparatus in the highway for 1 residential dwelling |
15 working days (minimum) |
£710 |
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) |
£1041 |
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) |
£1041 |
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) |
£1078.80 + £120 per unit |
SW/1600 (ROLU) |
| Section 171 licence |
To repair or replace existing apparatus |
15 working days (minimum) |
£438 |
SW/1610 (ROL) |
| Section 171b licence |
To deposit building materials or plant on highway |
5 working days |
£170 |
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) |
£170 |
| Scaffold |
To place scaffolding on property on side of highway or footway |
2 working days |
£85 + £12.86 parking restriction (£108 retrospective for non-licence) |
| Skip |
To put a skip on the highway |
2 working days |
£59 + £12.86 parking restriction (£108 retrospective for non-licence) |
| Signs |
To put a sign on adopted highway. Such as new housing developments or businesses |
- |
£231 for the first sign and £115 per additional sign |
| Vehicular Crossing (Section 184) |
Vehicular Access to property |
3 working days |
£438 |
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 |
£873 |
SW/1300 |
| By Order |
Maximum of 18 months |
6 weeks (minimum) |
£3167 |
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 |
£1306 |
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) |
- |
- |
£3167 |
- |
Retrospective Closures
Any road closure without an approved TTRO application.
Or an emergency where the application has not being received within 24 hours |
- |
- |
£3167 |
- |
| Temporary Traffic Control (Lights) |
N/A |
- |
No charge |
- |