Street Trading Licences

Licences are required for trading or collections that take place in the street.

Category Items

Licence - house to house collection

Permission must be granted by the Council to collect cash for charities before a house-to-house collection can take place.
Licence - street collection

The Council must grant permission before a charitable street collection can take place.
Licence - street trading

Consent to trade is required for all street trading activities such as hot food vehicles, ice cream vans and flower stalls. Food business may be subject to inspection and permission to site a mobile stall will be required from the Highways Department and from the landowner.
Street trading - illegal

Monitoring and regulation of street traders to ensure that trading is only taking place with consent from the Council. Dealing with reported instances of unlicensed street trading.