Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council scaffold licence

What Gateshead Metropolitan Borough 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.

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough 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

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

Checked by hand

Apply at least

10 days

before the scaffold goes up

Licence fee£170

NoticeNot published

Council takes10 days

Fee covers: Charge for a 28 day scaffold permit licence

Extension(Permit renewal for 28 days)£65

Insurance needed: £5 million public liability

What the council asks for (6)

Copy of public liability insurance to value of £5m required
Sketch of the proposed location of scaffolding required
Payment for permit application required before submission
Scaffold must display name and contact information of scaffold company
Must comply with conditions under Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Permit renewals must be submitted before original permit expires

In the council's words

“The charge for a 28 day licence is £170 per scaffold permit. Permit renewals are £65 for 28 days and must be submitted before the original permit expires.”

gateshead.gov.ukChecked 13 Oct 2026

Apply on the council's site