Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council scaffold licence

What Redcar and Cleveland 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.

Redcar and Cleveland 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

Redcar and Cleveland 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£56per week

NoticeNot published

Council takesNot published

Fee covers: Scaffolding licence: £56 per week (2026/27 fees and charges, approved by Cabinet on 9 December 2025; £54 in 2025/26).

ExtensionNot published

Other charges

Additional inspection visitsScaffolding - additional inspection visits: £33 (2026/27).£33

What the council asks for (2)

A licence is needed for any scaffold or hoarding on the highway (Section 169 of the Highways Act 1980); not on private property.
Request the licence through the council's online form (an account isn't needed).

This council keeps its licence details behind a sign-in. What we show is what it publishes openly.

In the council's words

“Scaffolding license - per week Business/ Resident 54.00 56.00 Discretionary”

redcar-cleveland.gov.ukChecked 13 Oct 2026

Apply on the council's site