FOI request detail

Highway licence/permit applications

Request ID: FOI-1646-2223
Date published: 04 November 2022

You asked

Please can you provide the number of applications received between 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022 for the following highway licences/permits: Cranes / Cherry pickers / MEWPS Hoardings / Site Fencing Material on highway Scaffolding Skips Café tables and chairs A Boards TTRO's / TTRN's Section 50's Section 171's Crossovers / Dropped Kerbs Highways Searches Lane Rental Waiver Requests With reference to the s50 and s171 licences, for the same time period, how many notice of works, reinstatement notices and traffic management control forms were received?

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-1646-2223

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 10 October 2022, asking for information about highway licences and permits.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.  I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require.

Please find the numbers as requested from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 for licences issued on the Transport for London Road Network (TLRN).

Please note TfL doesn’t provide licensing for A Boards and café tables/chairs. This would be down to the boroughs.
 
RequestTfL Licence ClassificationTotal
Cranes / Cherry pickers / MEWPSMobile Apparatus261
Hoardings / Site FencingHoardings260
Material on highwayBuilding Materials65
ScaffoldingScaffold601
SkipsBuilders Skip6
Section 171'sBuilding Materials, Excavation and Pit Lane (combined)175
-Excavation71
-Pit Lane (temporary loading / unloading)39

N.B. The green cells are the ones requested by the customer and the total number of licensed issued for the year, as requested.

Highway searches = 172.

Crossovers / Dropped Kerbs = 5.

TTRO's / TTRN's = 485.

Section 50's = 97 applications processed, with 189 NRSWA notice transactions received.

Lane Rental Waiver Requests = 151.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Yours sincerely

Eva Hextall
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

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