Consents and licences for roads

Apply well ahead of planned work

Processing times for consents and licences applications have been affected by ongoing issues with recruitment and retention of staff in the Department for Infrastructure.

You are therefore encouraged to send applications well ahead of any planned works.

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 

• Apply to alter a roadside wall, fence or drain

Put a builders skip on a road or street

• Apply to put a builders skip on a road or street

Excavations in, or break up the surface of, a road

• Apply to excavate or break up the surface of a road

Excavations near a road

• Apply to excavate near a road

Build cellars, and so on, under a road

• Apply to build cellars under a road

Build or alter vehicular access 

• Apply to build or alter a vehicular access (dropped kerb)

Erect scaffolding, hoardings, and so on, on a road

• Apply to put up scaffolding or hoardings on a road

Fix or place rails, beams, cables, arches over a road

• Apply to place rails, beams, cables, arches over a road

Place a traditional arch over a road

• Apply to place a traditional arch over a road

Build a bridge over a road

• Apply for licence to build a bridge over a road

Build or alter a building over a road

• Apply for licence to build or alter a building over a road

Place festive lighting on roads

• Installation and operation of festive decorations on, along or above a road