Licensing

Apply for a new premises licence, tell us about a change of circumstance and view or comment on applications

Personal licences let you authorise sales of alcohol from licences premises.

Apply for or vary a licence for piercing, tattooing, beauty and spa treatments, and similar.

Street trading includes selling items and placing tables or chairs on the highway.

Apply for a Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) license.

Apply to sell alcohol, provide entertainment, or serve food and drink late on unlicenced premises.

Apply for a licence for your animal business, to keep a dangerous wild animal, or to run a zoo.

Apply for a licence to host marriage or civil partnership ceremonies at your business premises.

Apply for a licence to store and sell fireworks.

Apply to get a film classified for public exhibition.

Licences are required for most gambling activities.

Apply for a licence if you plan to perform hypnotism for entertainment purposes.

Apply for a licence if you're collecting, buying, or selling scrap metal.

Apply for or renew a licence for sex establishments.

Safety certificates for sports grounds and spectator stands.

Find out which licences are arranged by other organisations or other Council departments.