If you wish to place scaffolding on the highway while carrying out works you will need to seek permission.
Apply online - Licence to erect scaffolding or other relevant structure online form
Form and guidance (pdf, 44Kb)
Conditions of Licence
- The cost of reinstating any part of the highway damaged, disturbed or removed for the purpose of the relevant structure shall be carried out by the City Council at the expense of the Applicant.
- The Applicant shall maintain the relevant structure in a good state of repair.
- Adequate provision shall be made by means of contrasting colours or otherwise to render the relevant structure conspicuous to highway users.
- Dangerous projections shall be shielded.
- The relevant structure shall be adequately lit at all times between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise.
- Adequate provision shall be made to prevent dust, debris, materials or articles of any description falling onto the highway, and for this purpose the relevant structure shall incorporate a substantial projecting shield wherever the work being undertaken gives rise to the need for such a shield.
- Where a pedestrian way is provided through or under the relevant structure, the pedestrian way shall not be less than 2.4 metres high nor less than 1.1 metres wide.
- The top and sides shall be covered with robust and waterproof materials in such a way as to provide complete protection to users of the pedestrian way.
- Any doors provided in the relevant structure shall be so arranged so as not cause obstruction or inconvenience to any highway users.
- The relevant structure shall not carry out any advertising material.
Please allow 3 to 5 working days for your application to be processed, if your application is refused you can appeal via the Magistrates Court.
Will Tacit Consent Apply?
No. It is in the public interest that the authority must process your application before it can be granted. If you have not heard from the local authority within a reasonable period, please contact it using the contact details below.
Public Register
A public register is kept which can be viewed by contacting the address below and arranging a convenient time.
Contact Details
Building Control Section
Civic Centre
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8PD
Phone: 0191 211 6181 or 0191 211 6190
Email: building.control@newcastle.gov.uk
