Street trading licences

Street trading policy

Please view our policy and guidance for street trading consents.

Street trading licences

If you trade in the street you may require a street trading consent, please use the application form listed below.

Applications should be made in writing (including by electronic means) to your local district council, or the district council for the area you wish to trade.

You must provide specific information, including details of the street you wish to trade on and the days and times you wish to trade.

You may also be required to provide two photographs of yourself.

You must comply with any conditions attached to a licence.

Eligibility criteria

You must be over 17 years of age to hold a licence.

Licences will be refused if any of the following grounds exist:

there isn't enough space in the street you wish to trade in, without causing interference or inconvenience to street users
you wish to trade for less days than any minimum required trading days
you are unsuitable to hold a licence do to any previous convictions or for other reasons
you have previously failed to pay fees due under another street trading licence or have failed to use a previous street trading licence

Application forms

Use the links below for the following online application forms.

You can download a PDF forms using the following links.

Regulation summary

A summary of the regulation relating to this licence.

Application evaluation process

Under certain circumstances if certain grounds for refusal exist the council may still award a licence but for fewer days than required, or to allow trade in certain items.

The council will either grant the application or serve a notice on you within a reasonable time.

The notice will be served if the council intend to refuse the application, grant it on different terms than those applied for, confine trading to a particular place in a street, vary conditions of a licence or revoke a licence.

The notice will detail the grounds for their decision and state that within seven days of the notice you can request in writing the opportunity to make representations.

Will tacit consent apply?

Yes. This means that you will be able to act as though your application is granted if you have not heard from the local authority by the end of the target completion period (which is 28 working days from the date the application is received by the Council).

Failed application redress

In the first instance please contact:

Licensing Section
Amber Valley Borough Council
Town Hall
Ripley
Derbyshire
DE5 3BT

Telephone: 01773 570222
Email: licensing@ambervalley.gov.uk

If you wish to appeal a decision of the council you may appeal to the local Magistrates' court within 21 days of the date you were notified of the decision.

You may appeal the decision of a Magistrates' Court to the local Crown Court.

Licence holder redress

In the first instance please contact:

Licensing Section
Amber Valley Borough Council
Town Hall
Ripley
Derbyshire
DE5 3BT

Telephone: 01773 570222
Email: licensing@ambervalley.gov.uk

If you wish to appeal a decision of the council you may appeal to the local Magistrates' Court within 21 days of the date you were notified of the decision.

You may appeal the decision of a Magistrates' Court to the local Crown Court.

Other redress

E.g. about noise, pollution, etc. Also should one licence holder complain about another.

Need further help or information?

Contact the team directly on 01773 570222 or email licensing@ambervalley.gov.uk