Contents
- Schedule of draft fees and charges 2025/26
- Adult social care
- Library services
- Licensing and trading standards
- Outdoor leisure
- Allotments
- Cemeteries
- Environmental health
- Food safety
- Parks and open spaces
- Waste services
- Local land charges, street name and numbering and planning
- Highways
- Parking
- Halls Place and gardens
- Parking season ticket price list
13. Highways
| Fee / Charge | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highways - Highways Act 1980 Skip and Building Licenses | Per Application | £55.00 | £57.00 | 3.64% |
| Monthly Rate | ||||
| Scaffold License | £118.00 | £121.00 | 2.54% | |
| Crane Licence | £577.00 | £589.00 | 2.08% | |
| Highway Protection License | £577.00 | £589.00 | 2.08% | |
| Deposit – Additional refundable amount based on size of area of highway within the confines of scaffold/hoarding; being utilised by materials storage; or crane footprint. | ||||
| Advertisement (“A”) Boards | Annual Rate | £71.00 | £73.00 | 2.82% |
| ½ Yearly Rate | £46.00 | £47.00 | 2.17% | |
| New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 | ||||
| Street Works License | Licence fee | £620.00 | £632.00 | 1.94% |
| Noticing fee | £155.00 | £159.00 | 2.58% | |
| Review of Traffic Management Plans per permit/works (per plan above 10 No.) | £40.00 | £41.00 | 2.50% | |
| Permit application meeting per permit/works (per meeting above 1 No.) | £75.00 | £77.00 | 2.67% | |
| Inspection Fees | £160.00 | £164.00 | 2.50% | |
| Traffic Enforcement | Traffic Enforcement - type, duration, likely losses | Variable | Variable | N/A |
| Street Filming Street Access Applications (on Highway) | Crew size <16 | £160.00 | £164.00 | 2.50% |
| Crew size >15 | £265.00 | £271.00 | 2.26% | |
| Traffic Management - Short Hold Agreements (per day) | £370.00 | £378.00 | 2.16% | |
| Additional structures, street furniture alterations, lighting adjustments, parking suspensions, road marking changes. | Variable | Variable | N/A | |
| Drone Use/Filming - Approvals and monitoring Fee | £160.00 | £164.00 | 2.50% | |
| Highway Protection License | Administration Fee Non-refundable fee for administrating Highway Protection deposits | £620.00 | £633.00 | 2.10% |
| Deposit to cover any damage to the Highway as a result of non-excavation works Deposit to cover reinstatement cost taken and refunded after guarantee period | Variable (dependent on size of area) | Variable (dependent on size of area) | N/A | |
| Temporary Excavation Licences | Administration Fee Non-refundable fee for administrating Temporary Excavation Licence deposits | £620.00 | £633.00 | 2.10% |
| Deposit to cover any damage to the Highway as a result of excavation works Deposit to cover reinstatement cost taken and refunded after guarantee period | Variable (dependent on size of area) | Variable (dependent on size of area) | N/A | |
| Street Party Events | Street Party for non-national celebration or ran by non-charity organisation | £3,365.00 | £3,433.00 | 2.02% |
| Street Party for non-national celebration or ran by registered charity organisation | Variable up to £580.00 | Variable up to £590.00 | N/A | |
| Vehicle Crossover | Crossover Application & Pricing Fee | £55.00 | £57.00 | 3.64% |
| Band A: 4m² – 5.99m² | £1,470.00 | £1,669.00 | 13.54% | |
| Band B: 6.00m² – 7.99m² | £1,815.00 | £2,061.00 | 13.55% | |
| Band C: 8.00m² – 10.99m² | £2,160.00 | £2,453.00 | 13.56% | |
| Band D: 11.00m² | £2,395.00 | £2,720.00 | 13.57% | |
| Band D > 11m² (per additional m²) | £210.00 | £239.00 | 13.81% | |
| Band E - Crossover Extension less than 4m² | £425.00 | £483.00 | 13.65% | |
| Crossover extension >4m² (per additional m²) | £210.00 | £239.00 | 13.81% | |
| Concrete crossovers where requested - Charges as above plus | £90.00 | £103.00 | 14.44% | |
| Required parking controls change and amendment to Traffic Order - payable in addition to the above vehicle crossover fees | £1,210.00 | £1,374.00 | 13.55% | |
| Temporary traffic signals or road closure or working off peak - payable in addition to the above vehicle crossover fees | ||||
| Adjustment to Utility equipment - payable in addition to the above vehicle crossover fees | ||||
| Electric Vehicle Charging | In highway cable protection device/ducting per linear metre | £265.00 | £301.00 | 13.58% |
| In highway socket device installation | £315.00 | £358.00 | 13.65% | |
| In highway channel or socket device from approved supplier (inc 10% admin fee) | Variable | Variable | N/A | |
| Dead wild animal removal | From private property on request (foxes, squirrels, birds etc.) | £75.00 | £79.00 | 5.33% |
| Item retrieval from drainage gullies on request (keys, mobile phones, purses/wallets etc.) Non-refundable if item cannot be located. | Normal working hours | £90.00 | £95.00 | 5.56% |
| Out of hours | £260.00 | £272.00 | 4.62% | |
Street Trading - Individual Pitches
| Fee / Charge | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Full and Temporary Licenses) | Daily Rate | £46.00 | - | Delete |
| Daily rate (borough-wide) | £23.00 | £24.00 | 4.35% | |
| Daily rate after September 2022 pending NEW Legislation (Broadway) | £29.00 | £30.00 | 3.45% | |
| Monthly rate | £220.00 | £225.00 | 2.27% | |
| Variation of Licence | £149.00 | £149.00 | 0.00% | |
| Duplicate Licence | £73.00 | £73.00 | 0.00% | |
| Temporary Street Events Licence for over 20 traders all other town centres | Weekly rate | - | £1,150.00 | New |
| Temporary Street Events Licence for over 20 traders Bexleyheath | 6 weekly rate | - | £6,900.00 | New |
| Temporary Street Events Licence for over 20 traders all other town centres | Daily rate | £560.00 | - | Delete |
| Temporary Street Events Licence for over 20 traders Bexleyheath | Daily rate | £660.00 | - | Delete |
Shop frontage displays
| Fee / Charge | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shop Frontage Displays Full Size Display | More than 0.76 metre depth across full frontage. (Actual depth subject to maintaining sufficient footway width for pedestrian free passage) | |||
| Daily rate | £46.00 | £47.00 | 2.17% | |
| Monthly Rate | £213.00 | £217.00 | 1.88% | |
| Small Display Less than 0.76 metre depth across full frontage | Daily Rate | £46.00 | £47.00 | 2.17% |
| Monthly Rate | £105.00 | £107.00 | 1.90% | |
| Tables and Chairs Up to 2 square metres | Yearly rate | - | £500.00 | NEW |
| Pavement License fee (up to 2 years) | - | £350.00 | NEW | |
| Plus each square metre beyond 2 square metres | £16.00 | - | Delete | |
| Monthly rate (per additional square metre) | Deleted | |||
| Exemptions/Reductions - Shop Frontage & Table & chairs License Fee only applicable if applicant premises is claiming "Small Business Rate Relief" | Rateable value £0 to £12,000 | 50% | 50% | - |
| Rateable value £12,001 and above | 25% | 25% | - | |
| Local charity (not national or regional) | 50% | 50% | - | |
| New business trial period (limited to three months, after which, if successful full fee is payable) | 100% | 100% | - | |
Traffic Fees
| Fee / Charge | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Traffic Management Orders (per copy) | A5 size booklets less than 5 sheets | £36.00 | £37.00 | 2.78% |
| Up to A4 size booklets of 5 sheets and more | £36.00 | £37.00 | 2.78% | |
| Charges for Traffic Survey Data | £265.00 | £275.00 | 3.77% | |
| Highways Status Boundary Advice (per question) | £80.00 | £82.00 | 2.50% | |
| Readvertise Temporary Traffic Order | - | £500.00 | NEW | |
| Temporary Traffic Order | £2,850.00 | £2,907.00 | 2.00% | |
| Temporary Traffic Notice | £635.00 | £648.00 | 2.05% | |
| Permanent Traffic Orders | £3,500.00 | £3,570.00 | 2.00% |