Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council scaffold licence

What Wigan 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.

Wigan 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

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Checked by hand

Apply at least

4 days

before the scaffold goes up

Licence fee£160

Notice4 days

Council takes2 days

Fee covers: Licence application fee (Town Centre locations £212)

See all 2 prices

Every licence price this council publishes
Licence (up to 28 days)	£160
Licence, town centre locations (up to 28 days)	£212

ExtensionNot published

Longest licence: 28 days

What the council asks for (4)

Apply online and pay when you apply; scaffold and hoarding licences are separate, each with its own fee.
Retrospective applications can't be processed.
Renewals (up to 28 days each) must be applied for before the current licence expires, or they count as new applications.
Give the structure type, size, the footway width needed, and any special conditions (walkway, barriers, fans, netting).

In the council's words

“Licence applications: £160 Licence applications (Town Centre locations) - £212”

wigan.gov.ukChecked 13 Oct 2026

Apply on the council's site