Apply for a Highways Licence

You will need to apply for a licence if the work you are planning to do will be on or overhangs onto the adopted highway which is owned by the council. All the categories, forms and relevant fees are listed below.

To check if a road or street is adopted highway using the My MK Mapping tool on our homepage. Select the 'My Maps' tabs, add a postcode and then check the 'Adopted Highways' box 

These are the main highways licences including any associated terms and conditions, guidance notes or application form links. If you need assistance or have a question about licences contact our Streetworks Team by emailing: streetworks@Milton-keynes.gov.uk

Licence Application (Highways) fees

Click on the licence name to apply online.

All fees listed below are excluding VAT.

Licence Details Fee  Additional Information
Builders Skip on the highway* Apply Now £62 For up to 7 days (£36 for each 7 days after that) 
Skip (non-permitted)  Contact Streetworks £248.19 If a skip is found to be on the highway without a valid licence 
Scaffold (simple)* Apply Now £167 For up to one month. 10 working days notice is required.
Scaffold (complex)* Apply Now £612 For up to 28 days. 10 working days notice is required
Hoarding (on the highway)* Terms and conditions £167 For up to one month
Section 50 Private Opening (up to 200 metres) Apply Now £857 One-off payment 
Section 50 Private Opening (over 200 metres) Apply Now £1,756 One-off payment 
Private apparatus Contact Streetworks £25 One-off payment 
Vehicle crossing - residential Go to webpage £217 One-off payment (Inspection and application) 
Vehicle crossing  - industrial Go to webpage £916 One-off payment (Inspection and application) 
Vehicle crossing - non-permitted Go to webpage £367.50 Plus the inspection and application fee 
Tables and chairs outside food/drink premises (CMK only) Go to webpage £449 Annual fee
Tables and chairs outside food/drink premises (Rest of MK) Go to webpage £224 Annual fee
Oversail Contact Streetworks £POA Price on application
Crane Terms and conditions £307

Per 48 hours

Crane - technically approved Terms and conditions £POA Price on application
Building materials on the highway Apply Now £107.80 Per week 
Emergency closures  Contact Streetworks £567 Per closure 
Planting (cultivation) licence Apply Now £144 Placing tree/shrub/plants on public highway
Temporary Traffic Lights Apply Now £290

For any road works being carried out by a utility or private company.

Includes one inspection.

Temporary Traffic Lights Inspections Contact Streetworks £86 Per additional inspection

* If this is on the highway (road, footway or verges) it must be licensed as per the Highways Act 1980.

Other highways licences

Temporary Access

If a contractor or builder needs to construct temporary access to a site from a public highway, an application form called  Temporary Development Access Licence needs to be completed and sent to us. A licence can be issued normally within seven working days. To find out about the fees and charges before applying, please contact the Streetworks team on 01908 252353 or email streetworks@milton-keynes.gov.uk 

Road Openings - as well as the Private Road Opening Licence Form, a Road Space Booking / Notice of Works form must accompany the application both at the advance notification stage, works in progress stage and works stop or closed stage. 

Road Closures - information about all planned road closures is listed on One.Network.

Road Space Booking - use this link to apply for a road space booking Road Space Booking - Notice of Works form