Skips and scaffolding

We issue the licences required to place construction and building items alongside the public highway in North Somerset.
 
This includes items such as skips, scaffolding, hoardings and building materials like sand bags stored on the road.
 
You require a licence for all these items before you can put or leave them by the highway.

We inspect prospective sites before we grant approval to ensure they conform with the Highways Act.

We also require evidence of your public liability insurance up to the value of £5m.

To apply for your licence download and fill in our skip licence (pdf, Feb 10, 75KB), scaffolding licence (pdf, Feb 10, 66KB), building materials licence (pdf, Feb 10, 86KB) or hoardings (pdf, Feb 10, 60KB) application forms.
 
You can visit our fees and charges page for information about how much these cost.

When we have received your completed form we will be in touch after three working days.
 
Once permission has been granted the conditions attached to the licence must be complied with at all times. These conditions are included in the application form
 
Action will be taken to remove unsafe scaffolding, illegally positioned skips and dumped builders materials on the road. Our service does not cover private land.
 
For more information contact our Licensing team or visit our service standards page and download our Environmental and Consumer Services service standards.