Warrington Borough Council scaffold licence

What Warrington 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.

Warrington 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

Warrington 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 feeNot published

NoticeNot published

Council takesNot published

ExtensionNot published

Insurance needed: £2 million public liability

What the council asks for (8)

Apply to the council's highways and contract services unit: email roadworks@warrington.gov.uk or call 01925 443322.
Your insurance agent must confirm a minimum of £2,000,000 public liability cover.
A close-boarded, lit covered way for pedestrians passing under the scaffold, unless agreed otherwise.
Where the scaffold obstructs a footway, a signed, guarded and lit temporary footway.
Sign, guard and light the scaffold from sunset to sunrise (Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8); lighting at no more than 25 volts.
Give emergency contact addresses and phone numbers for any time of day or night before starting.
No advertisements on the scaffold other than emergency contact information.
Get written agreement from the council to keep the scaffold up beyond the licence period.

Apply on the council's site