This depends on the duration and extent of the proposed works.
Major works
Major works involve either a road closure or have a planned duration of 11 working days or more.
What you need to submit
Application must have been submitted 18 weeks in advance of the works commencing date.
The Licensee must submit an advanced notification of planned work a minimum of 3 months in advance of any planned works (Form SWL4a). Additionally, they must give 10 working days’ notice of the intended starting date to the street authority (Form SWL4b).
Upon commencement of works, the actual start of works must be notified, to the street authority by the end of the next working day (form SWL4c).
Standard works
Standard works have a planned duration of 4 to 10 working days.
What you need to submit
Application must been submitted 10 weeks before the works' commencing date.
The Licensee must submit an advanced notification of planned work a minimum of 1 month in advance of any planned works (Form SWL4a). Additionally, they must give 10 working days’ notice of the intended starting date to the street authority (Form SWL4b).
Upon commencement of works, the actual start of the works must be notified to the street authority by the end of the next working day (Form SWL4c).
Minor works
Minor works have a planned duration of three working days or less.
What you need to submit
Application must have been submitted 10 weeks in advance of the works commencing date.
The Licensee must submit an advanced notification of planned work a minimum of 1 month in advance of any planned works (Form SWL4a). Additionally they must give 10 working days’ notice of the intended starting date to the street authority (Form SWL4b).
Upon commencement of works, the actual start of the works must be notified to the street authority by the end of the next working day (Form SWL4c).
Immediate works
Immediate activities are emergency works. This may also include corrective works to dangerous defects.
They are works that are needed to:
- stop an unplanned interruption of any supply or service provided by the company
- avoid substantial loss to the company in relation to an existing service
- reconnect supplies or services where the company would be under a civil or criminal liability if the reconnection is delayed.
These types of activities may start without a licence.
If you need to carry out immediate works you must submit an application within 2 hours of the works starting (or by 10am on the next working day where the Authorities' contact line is not staffed out-of-hours).
For more detailed information please read the full guidance notes.
Other notice periods
The Street Works team may need more time to process the application in certain circumstances, for example, for works that may have a significant impact on traffic flow on strategic routes or lead to lengthy road closures.
Shorter notice periods may also be possible but must be agreed by the Street Works team in conjunction with the statutory undertakers likely to be affected.
Please contact us via email for further guidance:
Email: streetworks@eastriding.gov.uk
For more information please read the full guidance notes:
Full guidance notes
Find out more about the new East Riding Street Works Permit Scheme:
East Riding Street Works Permit Scheme