Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 95244

Road Works

Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 5 December 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal DemocratWest Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance on the application of pavement licence caps in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 across highways maintainable at public expens

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh
The Pavement Licence (Fees) Regulations 2023, made under the Business and Planning Act 2020, set national fee caps of £500 for new pavement licences and £350 for renewals. The guidance (Pavement licences: guidance - GOV.UK) sets out that licences can only...

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