Applications for licences and permits

If you want to place an object on or around a road or pavement, you must apply for the correct licence or permit. This includes:

• skips

• scaffolding

• building materials

• signs

Skips and scaffolding licences

Licences for skips and scaffolding are applied for on your behalf by the firm carrying out the work. Members of the public cannot apply for these licences themselves. Please contact your local scaffold company or one of our approved skip companies)

Other licences and permits

• Cultivate Part of the Highway

• Erect Structure/Hoarding on the highway

• Road Opening Licence to Excavate Part of the Highway (Section 171) - Vehicle access / sewer connection etc

• Erect a banner over the highway

• Erect hanging baskets over the highway

• Decorative Lights on/over the highway

• Road Opening Licence to Excavate the Highway to Install Apparatus (Section 50a+b) - Private services such as gas/water/electricity/telecoms/pumps/IT etc

• Deposit Materials on the highway.

The following licences are available via you local District/Borough Council:

• Bench/Tables/Chairs/Noticeboards/Bus shelters

• Trading on the highway

• Roundabout sponsorship

All licences are available for specified periods, please see conditions of individual licences. If you are unsure which licence to use please contact us for advice.

There are two ways to apply for a licence from Hampshire County Council:

• Online Form - fill in all the details and send electronically. We will then send you a printed licence application in the post for signature and return.

• Printable Form - fill in all the details and return it to your local highways unit.

If permitted by law, the costs incurred by Hampshire County Council in dealing with the licence application can be recovered and there will be a charge on the applicant.

The required level of Public Liability Insurance for all licences is currently £10 million pounds.  

Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view some of the licence forms.