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Permits and licences to place things in the street
Portable traffic signals, objects such as building materials and private apparatus, such as drains, cables and gas pipes. This does not include private electric cables.
Licence to install private apparatus in the street
If you want to place and inspect, maintain, adjust, repair, alter or renew or maintain private apparatus under, over, across, along or up the street, you need to make a Section 50 application for the grant of a street works licence.
Private apparatus includes:
- drains
- cables (this does not include private electric cables)
- water ducts
- gas pipes
Section 50 application for the grant of a street works licence
Application fee
Fees are available on the Cumberland Council fees and charges page.
Licence conditions
Download the licence conditions to leave private apparatus in the street (PDF, 150KB).
The licence is issued to the owner of the apparatus who is classed as an Undertaker for the purposes of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
The licensee holder must comply with the relevant duties and responsibilities imposed by the Act, Regulations and Codes of Practice. This liability cannot be delegated to any other person or organisation.
Contact us
For more information please email [email protected].