Apply for a Section 50 streetworks licence

We can grant a licence to place and maintain apparatus in the footway or highway. This is under Section 50 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. 

You’ll need a Section 50 licence if you’re anyone other than a statutory undertaker licensed by the Department of Trade and Industry.

The cost of a licence is £800

Apply for a licence

Read our Section 50 guidance documents for more information on how to apply.

• Section 50/171 License Application form (PDF, 0.31MB)

• S50 Reg form (doc, 0.4MB)

• S50 Part 1 Guidance (doc, 0.15MB) 

• S50 Part 2 Application and conditions (doc, 0.13MB)

• S50 Part 3 works forms (doc, 0.06MB)

• S50 Part 4 Plant Enq (doc, 0.31MB)

• S50 Part 5 TS streets (doc, 0.3MB)

• S50 Part 6 Temporary Traffic Signal application (doc, 0.14MB) 

Email the completed form to streetworks@sutton.gov.uk.