Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council scaffold licence

What Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council charges for a scaffolding or hoarding licence, how much notice it needs, and where to apply. Add the day your scaffold goes up to get the date you have to apply by.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council licenses scaffolding on the roads it looks after. If you're not sure a site is on one of them, look up its postcode.

Scaffold goes up

Council to apply to

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

Checked by hand

Apply at least

7 days

before the scaffold goes up

Licence fee£78per week

Notice7 days

Council takesNot published

Fee covers: per week

ExtensionNot published

Insurance needed: £5 million public liability
Longest licence: 168 days

What the council asks for (12)

Provide proof of public liability insurance of minimum £5m cover for the licence period.
Allow at least 5 working days before proposed start date for a mandatory site visit.
Only erect/remove hoarding between 0800-2000, with restrictions on Traffic Sensitive Streets.
Provide photographic evidence of highway condition immediately prior to erection.
Hoarding must be close boarding design or netted Herris fencing.
Provide unobstructed pedestrian walkway of at least 1.2 metres around hoarding.
Corners must be marked with red fluorescent and white reflecting strips.
Display information board with owner's name and 24hr emergency phone number.
Hoarding must not be fixed to highway or street furniture.
Access doors/gates must open inwards, not over the highway.
Hoarding must not be within 0.45m of carriageway or obstruct drainage/access.
Road danger lamp required on each corner during darkness.

In the council's words

“This licence costs £78 per week.”

bcpcouncil.gov.ukChecked 13 Oct 2026

Apply on the council's site