Northumberland County Council scaffold licence

What Northumberland County 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.

Northumberland County 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

Northumberland County Council

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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£95

NoticeNot published

Council takesNot published

Fee covers: Licence to erect scaffolding or hoarding, 28 days

ExtensionNot published

Other charges

Unlicensed scaffolding or hoardingPer 28 days£170

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

What the council asks for (5)

Complete the scaffold and hoarding application form with a location plan
Email it to streetworks@northumberland.gov.uk; don't erect until permission is granted
Provide a safe working area at ground level during erection and dismantling
Light the scaffold unless it's 0.45m+ from the carriageway and 2.4m+ above the footway
Keep a pedestrian walkway, wide enough for wheelchairs and prams; highlight poles

In the council's words

“The cost for a licence to erect either scaffolding or hoarding is £95 for 28 days. The charge for any unlicenced scaffolding or hoarding is £170 for 28 days.”

northumberland.gov.ukChecked 13 Oct 2026

Apply on the council's site