Application Forms

Please see below a list of forms you may find useful

Important Updates:

East Sussex Highways licensing are no longer able to accept cheques for payment.
From 22 July 2020 Under the Business and Planning Act 2020 Temporary Pavement Licences can be applied for through your local District and Borough Councils. Please contact the relevant District/Borough Council for further information. East Sussex Highways Tables and Chairs licences can still be applied for during this period, the application form and fee structure for this can be found below.
From 1st July 2020 the fees for Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders (section 14.1) and Temporary Traffic Regulation Notices (section 14.2) will be amended, these amendments can be found in our fee structure. For all applications made before the 1st July , the existing fees will apply.
From 1 April 2019 East Sussex Highways will take over responsibility from Hastings Borough Council the licencing and enforcement of table & chairs and shop merchandise being placed on the public highway. All licences that have previously been issued by Hastings Borough Council where the licence expiry date is after 1 April 2019 will remain in force with all the same terms and conditions. Any new or renewal licences will need to be made via East Sussex Highways.

East Sussex Highways fee structure

Click here to see a list of all fees regarding licences, inspections and applications.

Licence Applications

Licence to affix Apparatus to Street Furniture such as Automated Traffic Counting - Section 178 - Download
Licence to Discharge Treated Effluent from a Private Drainage system into the Highway Drainage System - Section 171 - Download
Licence to erect a Sign in the Highway Application - Section 115 - Download
Licence for consent to make an Excavation - Section 171 - Download
Licence to place a Deposit on the Highway - Section 171 - Download
Licence to place a Bench, Notice Board, Planter, Waste Bin, etc on the Highway Application - Section 115 - Download
Licence to place a Crane, Cherry Picker, MEWP, etc on the Highway Application - Section 169 - Download
Licence to place a Grit Bin on the Highway Application - Section 115 - Download
Licence to place a Skip on the Highway Application - Section 139 - Download
Licence to place a Wheelie Bin on the Highway Application - Section 185 - Download
Licence to place Building Materials on the Highway application – Section 171 - Download
Licence to place Hoarding on the Highway Application - Section 172 - Download
Licence to place Neighbourhood Watch Signs on the Highway Application and Procedure - Download
Licence to place Scaffolding on the Highway Application - Section 169 - Download
Licence to place Tables & Chairs, Objects or A-Boards (Traders) on the Highway Application - Section 115 - Download
Licence to Plant & Maintain Vegetation in the Highway Application & Guidance Notes - Section 142 - Download
Licence to plant Posts, Bollards in the Highway Application - Section 142 & Section 96 - Download
Licence Application to Place Banners/Cables/Decorative Lighting/Bunting over the Highways - Download
Wildlife Verge Application - Download
Access Protection Marking Application Pack - Download
Dropped Kerb Vehicle Access Application Pack - Section 184 - Apply
Pedestrian Dropped Kerb (Accessibility) - Section 184 - Apply
ESH Licence Amendment Application form - Download