Dorset Council scaffold licence

What Dorset 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.

Dorset 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

Dorset Council

Checked by hand

Apply at least

14 days

before the scaffold goes up

Licence fee£93

Notice14 days

Council takesNot published

Fee covers: Flat fee for a new scaffold licence, valid for 28 days

See all 2 prices

Every licence price this council publishes
New licence	£93
Renewal	£47

Extension(Fee to renew an existing licence, valid for 14 days)£47

Insurance needed: £5 million public liability
Longest licence: 28 days

What the council asks for (3)

Scaffolding company must agree to terms and conditions when applying
Separate licence needed if scaffolding affects parking restrictions
Separate licence needed if scaffolding needs temporary traffic lights

In the council's words

“It costs £93 for a new licence which is valid for 28 days. It costs £47 to renew an existing licence which is valid for 14 days.”

dorsetcouncil.gov.ukChecked 13 Oct 2026

Apply on the council's site