Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council scaffold licence

What Sefton 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.

Sefton 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

Sefton Metropolitan Borough 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£171per week

NoticeNot published

Council takesNot published

Fee covers: Static obstruction (scaffold) up to 10 metres, per week (rates from April 2025)

See all 7 prices

Every licence price this council publishes
Up to 10 m, per week	£171
10 to 20 m, per week	£208
20 to 30 m, per week	£240
30 to 50 m, per week	£310
Over 50 m, per week	£378
Moveable object (e.g. tower): initial licence agreement	£171
Moveable object: daily inspection charge	£343

Extension(Charged per week at the same rate (by length))£171

Insurance needed: £5 million public liability

What the council asks for (4)

Give the erector's details, the location, height, length and width, and erection and removal dates
The scaffolding company is liable for all licence fees, whoever applies
Evidence of public liability insurance, minimum £5 million
Apply by email to network@sefton.gov.uk or by post; pay via Sefton Online Payments (Highways)

In the council's words

“Static Obstruction | Up to 10 metres in length | £171 | Static Obstruction | Over 10 metres and up to 20 metres | £208”

sefton.gov.ukChecked 13 Oct 2026

Apply on the council's site