Licensing
Pay, apply, vary, transfer, appeal or review a licence. You can also search for and comment on new applications.
Private hire and hackney carriages
Information about drivers, vehicles and operators and how to apply
Licensing consultations
Latest consultations on taxi fares, premises licenses and other licensing matters
Alcohol and entertainment
Licence your premises to sell alcohol, have regulated entertainment or sell food and drink late at night. You can also apply to vary your licence or change your designated premises supervisor
Charity collections
If you want to collect money, sell items on the street or collect house to house for charity, you might need collection licence
Society lotteries
Small society lotteries do not require a licence but must be registered with the local authority in the area where the principal office of the society is located
Gambling
Club and gaming machine permits, gambling premises licences, pools operator registration and other information
Pavement licence
If you are a business such as a pub, restaurant, wine bar or café you may need permission to have chairs and tables outside your premises for use by your customers
Tattooing and skin piercing
If you carry out any form of skin piercing or tattooing in the district you must have a licence issued by us.
Sex establishments
You will need a sex establishment licence if you would like to run a sex shop, sexual entertainment venue (lap dancing club), or a sex cinema in the district.
Licensing Public Register
Find up to date information about current licenses.
Scrap metal dealer
You must hold either a site or mobile collector's licence, issued by the council if you want to deal in scrap metals.
Animal welfare
Apply for a licence to run a boarding kennel or cattery, run a riding establishment or sell pet animals