Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council scaffold licence

What Stockton-on-Tees 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.

Stockton-on-Tees 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

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Checked by hand

Apply at least

14 days

before the scaffold goes up

Licence fee£95

Notice14 days

Council takesNot published

Fee covers: Application fee for a scaffolding/hoarding licence for 2 weeks

See all 3 prices (14 to 14 days)

Every licence price this council publishes
Scaffolding or hoarding licence (2 weeks)	£95
Renewal for a further 2 weeks	£67
Retrospective (unlicensed) application, per 2 weeks	£192

Extension(Renewal/extension of licence for a further 2 weeks)£67

Insurance needed: £5 million public liability

What the council asks for (5)

A plan of the location of the proposed scaffolding.
A certificate of public liability insurance (minimum £5 million).
Only suitably qualified companies may put up scaffolding on the highway.
Allow at least 10 working days between applying and the licence start date.
Renew at least 5 working days before the licence expires; apply for the full time you need.

In the council's words

“application fee of £95 (for a licence for 2 weeks)”

stockton.gov.ukChecked 13 Oct 2026

Apply on the council's site