Hartlepool Borough Council scaffold licence

What Hartlepool 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.

Hartlepool 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

Hartlepool Borough Council

Checked by hand

Apply by

Not published

This council doesn't say how much notice it needs. Allow at least two weeks and check with them.

Licence fee£75

NoticeNot published

Council takesNot published

Fee covers: Financial consideration for a specific 28-day scaffolding licence at Owton Manor Lane (this is a one-off officer decision record, not a general published fee schedule)

ExtensionNot published

Longest licence: 28 days

What the council asks for (12)

Provide plan showing location and footpath width taken by scaffold
State date of erection and date of removal
Describe proposed method of lighting
Provide public liability insurance check
Indicate if licence is retrospective
Maintain 1.2m walkway at all times
Scaffold corners to be white/chevron marked
Close board above pedestrian access and walkways
Materials to be lowered or contained in enclosed chute
Identification boards must be visible at all times
Make good any damage to footway or carriageway
Indemnify Council against claims from erection, maintenance or removal

In the council's words

“Financial Consideration: £75”

hartlepool.gov.ukChecked 13 Oct 2026

Apply on the council's site