Number of highway licence/permit applications
Dear Transport for London,
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?
Yours faithfully,
Jacob Smith
Dear Jacob Smith
TfL Ref: FOI-1646-2223
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Eva Hextall
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
Dear Jacob Smith
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.
Request TfL Licence Classification Total
Cranes / Cherry pickers / MEWPS Mobile Apparatus 261
Hoardings / Site Fencing Hoardings 260
Material on highway Building Materials 65
Scaffolding Scaffold 601
Skips Builders Skip 6
Section 171's Building Materials, Excavation 175
and Pit Lane (combined)
- Excavation 71
- Pit Lane (temporary loading / 39
unloading)
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.
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Yours sincerely
Eva Hextall
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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