Licences and street trading

We issue a wide range of licences and permits:

In this section:

• Animal licences
  Licences for boarding animals, exotic dangerous and wild animals, pet shops and riding establishments
• Business licences
  Licences for caravan sites, explosives, petroleum, scrap metal and weighbridge operators
• Entertainment and alcohol
  Licences relating to entertainment, selling alcohol, gambling, lottery, door supervision, sports grounds, and child performance
• How to complain about licensed premises
  Objecting to a licence application, reviewing an existing licence, noise pollution
• Selling goods
  Car boot sales, non-medical poisons, second hand goods and street trading
• Skip and highway licences
  Licences for building materials, scaffolding and hoarding, street cafes and skip permits
• Street trading licences
  Licences for busking, collections and street trading
• Acupuncture, electrolysis, piercing and tattooing
  Licences for acupuncture, electrolysis, piercing and tattooing
• Taxi licences
  The council issues private hire and hackney carriage driver and vehicle licences
• Annual report
  In this report we summarise the work and achievements of the teams that deliver these services and report the results of how satisfied our customers were with our work