Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council scaffold licence

What Walsall 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.

Walsall 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

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Checked by hand

Apply at least

5 days

before the scaffold goes up

Licence fee£101

Notice5 days

Council takes5 days

Fee covers: Licence charge based on total length of construction; up to 10m = £101.00 (tiered up to over 50m = £740.00)

See all 7 prices

Every licence price this council publishes
Up to 10m	£101
11m to 15m	£141
16m to 20m	£187
21m to 25m	£235
26m to 30m	£269
31m to 50m	£370
Over 50m	£740

ExtensionNot published

What the council asks for (2)

Tell the council what works you'll do, how long they'll take and the dimensions of the structure, and agree to its safety conditions.
Apply online; once assessed, the council emails the fee and you pay by card over the phone.

In the council's words

“Up to 10m | £101.00”

go.walsall.gov.ukChecked 13 Oct 2026

Apply on the council's site