Highway projection licences

Licences are required for any display that may protrude or project over a public highway and will normally be sought and granted as part of the planning process, however in some circumstances it may be applicable to grant a Highway Projection Licence separately.

The maximum depth that the display can protrude over the public footway is 1.05 metres, subject to 2.1 metres clear passageway between the edge of the display and the road or any intervening pavement furniture such as a bollard or telephone box.

All goods or equipment on display under the terms of the licence shall be kept within the area specified.

To allow for the safe passage of pedestrians beneath projections from frontage development, such as canopies, blinds, CCTV equipment, a minimum vertical clearance of 2.75 metres is required from the surface of the footway to the underside of any projection.