Street works licence - works and repairs on existing apparatus

You will be charged £370 for this licence (or £420 for deep excavations), which is made up of:

• £220 administration fee
• £150 inspection fees, or £200 if excavations are more than 1.5 metres deep

You may not be entitled to a refund if you cancel a licence after authorisation has already started or had concluded.

Read guidance and conditions for all applicants.

Licences can be requested and processed simultaneously, but you must request other consents separately:

• if you need to close roads to undertake your work safely, then you must also apply for temporary traffic restrictions for road and street works - you must give 3 months notice for this request
• if you will be using temporary lights or stop and go boards, then you must also apply for a temporary traffic signals licence

Timescales

Complete applications must be received at least one month before the proposed licence start date.

If repair works are urgent, please contact the Traffic Team to discuss your requirements.

Road space availability

We will coordinate works approved through this licence around other works and activities.

Check our roadworks and events map for an indication of road space availability.

Traffic management regulations

You will need to arrange your own traffic management.

It should comply with the Safety Code of Practice. Further guidance on safe working on highways, including for some situations not covered by this code, is available in chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual.

It should take no more than 20 minutes to complete an application.

When you apply, you will need to provide license details, details of the activities being undertaken and supporting documents, including:

• the details and signature of the owner of the apparatus to be worked on
• a valid email address which will be used for correspondence, and where the licence approval will be sent
• a traffic management plan or map – this must clearly illustrate the location and extent of excavation works
• two street works accreditation cards – scanned copies front and back of both (one must be a ‘supervisor’ role)
• a valid insurance certificate – minimum £5 million public liability

You can complete the application digitally if you have the facility to; or you can print, complete by hand in block letters and scan to your device ready to send.

Download application

Please email completed applications with all essential documents to trafficteam@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk.

If you require this document in an alternative format, please email trafficteam@dorsetcoucil.gov.uk.

Our response times

When you send your application and documents, you should receive an automated acknowledgement confirming receipt.

Due to the nature of these requests, we review applications based on the lead-times given and licence start dates, not necessarily in the order in which they are received.

Payment

Once your application has been assessed, we will contact you by telephone to take payment by credit or debit card. This is the recommended method of payment, secure and reduces administration and handling costs. You will receive an electronic receipt for your records.

We won’t be able to issue a licence until payment is settled.

We can agree alternative payment methods if phone payment by credit or debit card is not possible. To keep administration and handling costs to a minimum, we do not raise invoices for this service.

If anything changes

If you need to update your application, your licence or cancel it altogether, at any time, you must let us know. Please email trafficteam@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk.

You must let us know reinstatement details within 10 working days of completing work.

When you return the notification, please provide photographic evidence of finished reinstatements.

You can complete the notification digitally if you have the facility to; or you can print, complete by hand in block letters and scan to your device ready to send.

Download registration

Please email completed notification with photographs of reinstatements to trafficteam@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk.

If you require this document in an alternative format, please contact trafficteam@dorsetcoucil.gov.uk.

You must let us know details of any waste transfer within 10 working days of completing work, alongside registration of reinstatement.

You can complete the notification digitally if you have the facility to; or you can print, complete by hand in block letters and scan to your device ready to send.

Download registration

Please email completed notification to trafficteam@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk.

If you require this document in an alternative format, please contact trafficteam@dorsetcoucil.gov.uk.