Highway licences, permits and claims

Licences and permits are required for any proposed obstruction or closure of the highway.

Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO)

• Cheshire East Traffic Regulation Orders

Occupying the road or pavement

• drop kerb or vehicular crossing application
• highway boundary extent search
• alfresco dining or street cafe or pavement cafe
• scaffolding, cranes and hoardings application
• highways projection
• skip operator permit, this should be completed by the skip company
• temporary road closures application
• road signs
• occupation of the road to store building materials or excavation of the highway - section 171

Working on the road

• apply for a streetworks licence
• temporary road closures application
• temporary traffic signals application
• stopping up orders
• section 278/38 permit

Using the road

• filming on the highway
• temporary road closures application
• abnormal load notification

Claims

• making a claim for damage caused on a highway

Fees

• Highways fees and charges 2025/2026 (PDF, 247KB)

Contact Highways

We have a new way to report an issue.

If you consider a highways issue to be a danger to life:

Call the Highways Customer Services Team on 0300 123 5025