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Street works permits

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  1. Street works permits
  2. You are here: Fees and charges
  3. Yorkshire Common Permit Scheme: deregulation information
  4. Licence for Streetworks (Section 50 licence)
  5. Contact us

Fees and charges

The last fee review of the permit scheme was carried out to cover the period 2021 to 2024 (Years 10 to 12 of the permit cycle). The permit fees have now been increased to the maximum level currently allowed by the Department For Transport (DFT).

Road catagory 0, 1, and 2 and traffic 3 and 4 designated traffic sensitive

Fee levels per permit or Provisional Advance Authorisation

Road catagory 0, 1, and 2 and traffic 3 and 4 designated traffic sensitive
  Rotherham Council Permit Fee Maximum allowable fee (Department for Transport)
Provisional advance authorisation

£105

£105

Major activity permit (1 to 3 days duration)

£65

£65

Major activity permit (4 to 10 days duration)

£130

£130

Major activity permit (11 days or more duration) and all major activities requiring a traffic regulation order

£240

£240

Standard activity permit

£130

£130

Minor activity permit

£65

£65

Immediate activity permit

£60

£60

Road catagory 3 and 4 designated non traffic sensitive

Fee levels per permit or Provisional Advance Authorisation

Road catagory 3 and 4 designated non traffic sensitive
  Rotherham Council Permit Fee Rotherham Council Permit Fee (Proposed) Maximum allowable fee (Department for Transport)
Provisional advance authorisation

£73

£75*

£75

Major activity permit (1 to 3 days duration)

£45

£45

£45

Major activity permit (4 to 10 days duration)

£75

£75

£75

Major activity permit (11 days or more duration) and all major activities requiring a traffic regulation order

£136

£150*

£150

Standard activity permit

£75

£75

£75

Minor activity permit

£45

£45

£45

Immediate activity permit

£40

£40

£60

* Change only applies to PAA applications, and applications for a major permit of more than 10 days in duration

 Permit variation fee

£45 for activities on catagory 0, 1, and 2 and traffic 3 and 4 designated traffic sensitive. 

£35 for activities on category 3 and 4 non traffic sensitive streets.

If a permit variation moves an activity into a higher fee category, the Promoter will be required to pay the difference in permit fee as well as the permit variation.

No variation fee is payable if a permit variation is initiated by the Permit Authority.

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