Builders skip permits
Builders skips placed on the highway need to be licenced. Licences are issued to skip companies.
Please contact Highway Maintenance to apply for a licence.
For skip hire see: Skip Hire Services
Scaffold, hoarding and deposit of materials
Highway Maintenance issues licences for the erection of scaffolding, hoarding and deposit of materials on the highway.
Licence application form
A MS Word copy of the Scaffolding, Hoarding or Deposit of Materials Licence form can be down-loaded (click on attachment below).
The form can be completed electronically, saved and emailed to us or printed and returned by post or fax.
Please contact Highway Maintenance if you need help to complete the form.
Please note the conditions that apply to all licences. Additional conditions may apply to some sites and these will be shown on the licence when granted.
Temporary excavation
Traffic Operation issues licences for temporary excavations in the highway which are not for the purpose of accessing utility equipment. Please contact them on 0116 223 2183 or
traffic.management@leicester.gov.uk
Unlicensed pavement obstructions
Action may be taken about unlicenced scaffolding, hoarding, builders materials, temporary excavation or skips which may result in removal.
Problems can be reported via the Customer Service Line or, at any time, using the One Clean Leicester website.
