Section 171 Licence
Contractors wishing to deposit materials, occupy or make a temporary excavation in the highway require a Section 171 licence. ‘Highway’ land is specified as any carriageway, footway or verge adopted by Cheshire East Highways. You must check the road is an adopted road before making your application.
We need a minimum of 7 working days notice for a section 171 licence, however if an additional application, for example traffic management is required, we may need more than 7 days notice.
For applicants who wish to commence works earlier than the required notice period of 7 working days we now offer fast track service. This is on the basis that no other additional applications are required and coordination pending. Two clear working days’ notice will be required for Fast Track applications.
If the works being carried out are part of the S38 / S278 agreement, please email permitapplications@cheshireeasthighways.org to ensure the correct application is completed.
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