Apply for a road occupation permit
You will need a permit if you undertake any of the following activities in a public street
- excavate in the road or pavement
- create or alter a driveway or other access point
- create a dropped kerb
- erect scaffolding, access towers, hoarding, staging or place contractors plant
- put up a tower crane
- operate mobile cranes, hoists and cherry pickers.
If your work involves placing, maintaining adjusting or removing apparatus in or under a road or pavement you must contact us directly for this service.
Download a road occupation application pack (PDFs)
Please email your completed road application permit form to
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Pay for a road occupation permit
Once you have sent your road permit application to roadpermits@edinburgh.gov.uk you will receive a reference number that you can use to make a payment.