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Section 50 Licences

If you would like to install apparatus beneath a road, verge or pavement (gas pipes, drainage connections, electric connections etc.) a licence will be required.

Licence to Place, Retain and Maintain Apparatus within the Highway - guidance notes (PDF, 370 KB)
Application for Licence to Place, Retain and Maintain Apparatus within the Highway (PDF, 102 KB)
Application for Licence to Place, Retain and Maintain Apparatus within the Highway (Word doc, 85 KB)

Please submit an N notice before you start the work.

Apply for a Part N Notice

Please submit an R Notice when you finish.

Apply for a Part R Notice

Section 50 Licences

Email s50streetworks@durham.gov.uk
Telephone 03000 262 420

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