Highways services fees and charges

Valid from the 1 April 2024, the fees and charges will come into effect. These fees relate to the Highways licences and permit applications .

Highway licences

Skips on the highway - £52.73 for first 28 days and £52.73 renewal for every 28 days
Deposit materials on the highway - £60.96 for first 28 days and £30.48 renewal for every subsequent 28 days
Hoarding - £168.10 for first 28 days and £168.10 renewal for every subsequent 28 days
Scaffolding over the highway - £168.10 for first 56 days and £168.10 renewal for every subsequent 56 days
Opening notice (to inspect private works if not undertaken by Norfolk County Council) - £220.88
Tables and chairs on public highway - Under review
Banner over the highway - £50
Oversail/structures over the highway - Under review
Traffic counter licence - Under review
Construction cellars under the highway - £382.40
Open footway to provide access to cellars - £382.40
Carry out work to provide admission of light - £382.40
Placing of temporary signs - £318.67
Brown tourist signs application - £250
Permission to place an electric vehicle charging cable across the highway -  £60.96 (valid for two years)
Vehicle access crossing (dropped kerb) - £182.79

Road closures (and PROWs)

Emergency Road Closure/Urgent work - £840
Events on Highway - £45
Non-community event (if different) - £1000
Road Closure (up to 18 months) - £1,415
Extension to order - £1,350

Stopping up the highway

Application to Magistrates Court - Opposed - Fee applied on case by case basis
Application to Magistrates Court - Unopposed - £5,669.30

New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA)

Road opening sample inspection fees [NRSWA] - Cost set nationally
Third party inspection fee [NRSWA] - Cost set nationally
Defective inspection fee if found from a Sample Inspection or from a public complaint - Cost set nationally
Section 50 licence Apparatus in Highway - £500, + £400 for subsequent crossings less than 500m apart, £500 for subsequent crossings over 500m apart

Searches

Public Rights of Way searches (standard) - Now part of standard search - £0
CON29 Optional questions 4, 7, 16, 21 & 22 - £15.29 plus VAT each
Commons Search (No checks or written advice) - £16.53 plus VAT
Commons Search (With Checks, No written advice) under Schedule 2 of The Commons Act 2006 - £17.77 plus VAT
Commons Search (With Written Advice) - £19.01 plus VAT
Application to amend the Registers of Commons or Village greens - £1,274.66
Copies of Definitive Map - £19.24 plus VAT per sheet. £6.38 each further copy
Search Fees - using pre-registered electronic request system in connection with the Con 29 Form - £34.22 plus VAT

Highway boundary

Highway boundary research for commercial use at one location - Standard charge for up to 50 metres of research £69.49 plus VAT
For highway boundary research for commercial use measuring over 50 metres - £24.82 plus VAT

Please note: If both sides of a road or public right of way are required, the metreage quoted for will double. This is to account for the research required for both highway boundary lines that define the highway corridor.

Development

Provide copy Section 38 Agreements - £40 (plus VAT)
Provide copy Section 278 Agreements - £40 (plus VAT)
Provide copy Section 106 Agreements - £40 (plus VAT)
Section 38 administration and supervision fees - 10% of Bond figure based on construction costs
Section 38 plan technical vetting fee - £5,000
Section 38 legal fee (based on NpLaw time, so varies based on complexity) - Actual cost
Section 278 legal fee (based on NpLaw time, so varies based on complexity) - Actual cost
Section 37 supervision and administration fees - 10% of value of works
Small Highways Works Agreement - £2,886
Section 278 Agreements (administration costs) - 2% of the value of the works plus actual costs in respect of Design/Technical Approval/Supervision and Safety Audit
Land Dedication Agreements (based on NpLaw time, so varies based on complexity) - Actual legal costs
Deeds of Easement (based on NpLaw time, so varies based on complexity) - Actual legal costs
Travel Plans - Monitoring of regulatory plans - £645.40 per annum
Undertake safety audit of potential schemes - £907.49 (plus VAT) for stage 1 and 2 audits. Particularly complex schemes and developments and stage 3, 4a and 4b audits will be quoted for on an individual basis

Passenger transport

Replacement concessionary travel pass - £13
Duplicate fee for bus passes - £12

Traffic signals

Traffic Signal Record plans - £140.21 plus VAT
Traffic Signal Controller specifications sheets - £154.49 plus VAT
Traffic Signal timing data - £34.29/hr

Road safety

Road Safety Engineer (investigations and advice) - Quoted for on an individual basis

Access to information

Traffic Data which has been saved in the archive and current Norfolk Transport monitoring surveys funded from revenue - Free of charge
Traffic Data which has a commercial value to the council. NB fee waived if for non-profit purposes (e.g. students, local councils, members of the public etc.) - Up to 75% of original survey cost

Personal Injury Accident Information

Accident data - routine requests - £152.96
Accident data - complex requests [estimate based on number of hours worked] - individual basis

Others

S38 Street Lighting Inspections - per re-inspection required for any aborted "interim" or "final" inspections (see "Norfolk County Council Street Lighting Developer Specification") - £299.25
Norfolk Biodiversity Information Service - Commercial enquiries - View the fees on the My LERC website
Advisory road marking ('H Bar') - assessment charge (required for all applications) £71.22 plus £23.74 per linear metre