Permissions and Permits

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You need permission from the council, as roads authority, to place or maintain objects on, under or over a road. There is also a range of legal requirements for connecting to a public road, driving animals, discharging water or mud and for many other restrictions.

Below is a table showing various activities that you need the council's permission for. The right hand column shows whether the law applies to public and/or private roads.

Roads - permissions required

Activity	Type of road
Occupying the road with building materials	public or private
Erecting scaffolding	public or private
Fencing off the road for building works	public or private
Depositing anything on the road	public or private
Placing apparatus in a road, such as a sewer connection at a new house	public or private
Closing a road, for example, for a street party or community event	public or private
Creating a new access across a footway - a 'vehicle crossover'	public
Depositing a skip	public or private
Placing wires, beams or cables over a road, such as wires to carry bunting for an event	public or private
Placing, painting or fixing a sign, notice or picture	public or private
Lighting a fire which can damage a road or endanger users	public or private
Displaying goods on a footway, such as outdoor shops	public or private

For more information, please contact Roads division by:

• email : pt@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 0141 842 5811/5822
• fax us on: 0141 842 5833
• call in or write to us at:
  Renfrewshire House
  Cotton Street
  Paisley
  PA1 1LL

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