{ "name": "scaffoldingcostcalculator.com Scaffold Licence and Regulation", "title": "Scaffold Licence and Regulation", "url": "https://scaffoldingcostcalculator.com/datasets/scaffold-licence-and-regulation/", "csv": "https://scaffoldingcostcalculator.com/datasets/scaffold-licence-and-regulation.csv", "markdown": "https://scaffoldingcostcalculator.com/datasets/scaffold-licence-and-regulation/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-21", "license": "https://scaffoldingcostcalculator.com/terms", "headline": "The Scaffold Licence and Regulation carries 2 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 62 to 895 GBP, read 17 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The Scaffold Licence and Regulation carries 2 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 62 to 895 GBP, read 17 October 2026.", "3 of the 7 named sources read in full publish a figure; 4 publish none, read 17 October 2026.", "Scaffold Licence and Regulation, fee basis (flat, per square metre) minimum residential permit fee, per 28 days: median 62 GBP across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.", "Scaffold Licence and Regulation, fee basis (flat, per square metre) minimum site cost, 6 linear metres: median 895 GBP across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.", "Scaffold Licence and Regulation, period statutory scaffold inspection interval, Work at Height: median 7 day across 1 source, read 17 October 2026." ], "citation": "\"scaffoldingcostcalculator.com Scaffold Licence and Regulation\", updated 2026-10-21, https://scaffoldingcostcalculator.com/datasets/scaffold-licence-and-regulation/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "GBP", "n": 2, "median": 478.5, "min": 62, "max": 895, "p25": null, "p75": null, "mean": 478.5, "units": { "GBP": 2, "day": 1 }, "published_sources": 3, "named_sources": 11, "read_sources": 7, "not_published": 4, "published_share": 0.429 }, "by_axis": { "fee basis (flat, per square metre)": { "minimum residential permit fee, per 28 days": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 62, "min": 62, "max": 62, "p25": 62, "p75": 62, "mean": 62 } }, "minimum site cost, 6 linear metres": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 895, "min": 895, "max": 895, "p25": 895, "p75": 895, "mean": 895 } } }, "period": { "statutory scaffold inspection interval, Work at Height": { "day": { "n": 1, "median": 7, "min": 7, "max": 7, "p25": 7, "p75": 7, "mean": 7 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "Salford City Council, hoarding and scaffolding", "url": "https://www.salford.gov.uk/licensing-and-permits/streets-and-traffic/hoarding-and-scaffolding", "figure": "£62", "value": 62, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "fee basis (flat, per square metre)": "minimum residential permit fee, per 28 days" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-15", "quote": "Residential permit - £6.20 per square metre, per 28 days (minimum fee charged £62)", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "8695aa851aba596865fbb6258fe9b896a20b36eab0637e03f4363ee842e9758a" }, { "source": "Havering Council, scaffolding and hoarding licence application form", "url": "https://www.havering.gov.uk/downloads/file/949/scaffolding_and_hoarding_licence_application_form", "figure": "£ 895 ", "value": 895, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "fee basis (flat, per square metre)": "minimum site cost, 6 linear metres" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-15", "quote": "• £ 149 .16 per linear metre with a minimum site cost of £ 895 (equivalent to a 6 metre site)", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "69d790d0cf9d4b8f33031383592935f43886f5c3ba529a86cbec8eeb44bc3ed0" }, { "source": "HSE, scaffolds", "url": "https://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/scaffoldinginfo.htm", "figure": "7 days", "value": 7, "unit": "day", "vat": null, "axis": { "period": "statutory scaffold inspection interval, Work at Height" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-17", "quote": "at an interval of no more than every 7 days thereafter", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "8546c5d6012efc39cf25cd922a7bf79feda84969bd282ce153a4dfdec14b510b" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "Highways Act 1980, s.169 (control of scaffolding on highways)", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/169", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-15", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Highways Act 1980, s.170 (building materials on highways)", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/170", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-15", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Newcastle City Council, scaffolding and hoarding permit terms and conditions", "url": "https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Scaffolding%20and%20hoarding%20permit%20terms%20and%20conditions.pdf", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-15", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Oldham Council, scaffold and hoarding application 2026-27", "url": "https://www.oldham.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/8407/ombc_scaffold_and_hoarding_application_2026-27.docx", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-15", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/169", "label": "Highways Act 1980, s.169 (control of scaffolding on highways)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/170", "label": "Highways Act 1980, s.170 (building materials on highways)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/735/contents", "label": "Work at Height Regulations 2005", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/scaffoldinginfo.htm", "label": "HSE, scaffolds", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/business/licensing-permits/scaffold-licence/", "label": "Carmarthenshire County Council, scaffold licence", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.kent.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/highway-permits-and-licences/apply-for-a-highways-licence/highways-permit-and-licence-terms-and-conditions/scaffolding-on-the-highway-terms-and-conditions", "label": "Kent County Council, scaffolding on the highway terms and conditions", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.salford.gov.uk/licensing-and-permits/streets-and-traffic/hoarding-and-scaffolding", "label": "Salford City Council, hoarding and scaffolding", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Scaffolding%20and%20hoarding%20permit%20terms%20and%20conditions.pdf", "label": "Newcastle City Council, scaffolding and hoarding permit terms and conditions", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.oldham.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/8407/ombc_scaffold_and_hoarding_application_2026-27.docx", "label": "Oldham Council, scaffold and hoarding application 2026-27", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.havering.gov.uk/downloads/file/949/scaffolding_and_hoarding_licence_application_form", "label": "Havering Council, scaffolding and hoarding licence application form", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/node/798", "label": "North Tyneside Council, scaffold schedule of conditions", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 7 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 4 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 4 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 29 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per highway authority holding the licence fee, the period it buys, whether it is charged per square metre or as a flat sum, the insurance cover demanded and the notice period - a per-council table that exists nowhere, because each authority publishes only its own. Beside it the statutory floor: the Highways Act sections that make a licence necessary at all and the Work at Height duties that set the inspection interval, which is what fixes the minimum hire period the flagship prices. The derived figures are the median and range of the fee across authorities, the share charging per square metre, and the licence as a percentage of the job cost - the number the homeowner is surprised by", "embed": "

62 to 895 GBP

2 published figures, Scaffold Licence and Regulation, across 2 sources, read 17 October 2026

Source: scaffoldingcostcalculator.com Scaffold Licence and Regulation
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