If you want to carry out work near, on, at the side, over or under a road you have to make an application for consent or a licence. This includes things like excavations, building work, alterations, or putting up scaffolding, hoarding, traditional arches, or festive lighting.
Application for consent forms
You can find application forms below which must be printed out, filled in, and returned to your local Department for Infrastructure (DfI) Roads office.
To help you, there are guidance notes attached to each application form.
Alterations of a wall, fence or drain at the roadside
Consent to deposit a builders skip
Excavations in, or break up the surface of, a road
Excavations near a road
Construct cellars, and so on, under a road
Construct or alter vehicular access where planning approval isn't needed
Erect scaffolding, hoardings, and so on, on a road
Fix or place rails, beams, cables, arches over a road
Place a traditional arch over a road
Construct a bridge over a road
Construct or alter a building over a road
Place festive lighting on roads
