After you apply for a pavement licence

It will take 28 days (excluding public holidays) to process your application.  

This includes:

• 14 calendar days for us to make your application available for public consultation
• 14 calendar days to review the application and make a decision

We will contact you if we require further information from you during the 28 day period.

Issuing your licence

We will contact you to let you know if we have granted the licence. We cannot process your application sooner than 28 days.

Pavement licences are valid for 2 years.

We can grant a licence for a shorter period of time. For example, if there are future plans to change the use of the pavement. In this case we will grant a licence for 3 months as a minimum.

A pavement licence can be taken back (revoked) at any time if you breach the licensing conditions.

Licences cannot be transferred.

Displaying a public notice

On the day you make an application, you must also complete a site notice template.

Once completed, you need to display the site notice on your premises for 14 days. It must be clearly visible to the public. 

As part of your application, we will ask you to provide photos of the notice.