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You need a section 50 licence to:
You can do emergency work without a licence but you must tell us within 2 hours of starting work.
If you want to do work that will affect a public sewer, you must ask the sewer authority before giving us notice.
Read the guidance for all applicants before you apply.
In addition, you must provide the relevant notices and registration:
Co-ordinate your work around other planned roadworks and activities.
Read the Safety at Street Works and Road Works - A National Code of Practice. Failure to comply with the code when executing works on the highway is evidence of failing to fulfil the legal requirements to sign, light and guard work. Compliance with the code will be taken as compliance with the legal requirements to which it relates. Further guidance on safe working on highways, including for some situations not covered by this code, is available in Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual part 1, part 2 and part 3.