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Reference: FOI-457616901
Date of request: 10/10/2022
Title of request: Number of highway licence/permit applications
Information request:

Dear Reading Borough Council,

 

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,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

 

Thank you for your recent request received by the Council on 10 October
2022.

 

You have requested the following information under the provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000:

 

 

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?

Our response is as follows:

 

Highways

Please can you provide the number of applications received between 1st
April 2021 to 31st March 2022 for the following highway licenses/permits:

 Cranes / Cherry pickers / MEWPS - 18

Hoardings / Site Fencing – 70 (note this is combined total with
Scaffolding as same application form)

Material on highway – refer to S171 licence - 23

Scaffolding – 70 (note this is combined total with Hoardings as same
application form)

Skips - 427

Café tables and chairs - 49

A Boards - 89

TTRO's / TTRN's – 89 TTRO’s & 9 TTRN’s

Section 50's - 13

Section 171's  - 23

Crossovers / Dropped Kerbs - 291

Highways Searches - 1860

Lane Rental Waiver Requests – N/A

 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? - 15

 

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