Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council scaffold licence

What Solihull 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.

Solihull 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

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Checked by hand

Apply at least

14 days

before the scaffold goes up

Licence fee£274

NoticeNot published

Council takes14 days

Fee covers: First month fee for scaffold/hoarding licence

See all 2 prices

Every licence price this council publishes
First month	£274
Every additional month	£87.50

Extension(Fee for every additional month)£87.50

What the council asks for (6)

Apply with the scaffold, crane, access arm and hoarding application form (March 2026).
Attach a plan of the site; scaffolds over 6.0m high need structural calculations (TG20 encouraged).
Allow at least 10 working days for the application to be processed.
Electric lighting on the structure must be approved by the electricity undertaker before it is switched on.
Scaffolds in pedestrian areas may incur extra charges for access.
The contractor pays to restore any footway or carriageway damaged by the scaffold.

In the council's words

“Fee from 1 April 2026 - £274 for the first month, £87.50 for every additional month.”

solihull.gov.ukChecked 13 Oct 2026

Apply on the council's site