Section 171 Licence

The form will take 10 minutes to complete.

Apply for a section 171 street works licence

If you have any problems when applying, email highwayslicences@cheshireeasthighways.org.

• Storage of materials / occupation of the highway: £170 per week
• Fast Track - storage of materials / occupation of the highway: £230 
• Excavating in the highway: £370 per application
• Fast Track- Excavating in the highway: £420 per application

• Unlicenced: £10

• If your application is cancelled or refused, we will charge you £110

If your application is accepted, you will be granted a licence which will be issued via email.

We might ask you to meet specific conditions relating to your works and the location you are working within. In some circumstances, we may ask for a site visit to discuss your works.

If you require any traffic management, for example multiphase traffic signals, lane closure or road closure, that application must be submitted with your Section 171 application. There may be delays in processing your licence if you have not applied for the correct traffic management applications.

You must not start works on the highway before you receive your approval. 

Your Section 171 application will be approved on the basis that all of the conditions will be adhered to as per your licence. You must comply with all relevant health and safety legislation and codes of practice including Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice and Section 171 of New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.

Failure to comply with any of the above may result in your licence being taken away.

Once works are complete, all signage must be removed and any rubbish must be cleared from the highway. If we have to dispose of any apparatus/rubbish left on site, a cost will be charged to you.