Licences and permits

Apply for a licence for a zoo or dangerous wild animal or register the movement of farm animals 

Find out about the minimum ages children can work and how to apply for chaperone and performance licences

Apply for a licence if you are offering skin piercing services or consumer credit or if you sell or store fireworks or petrol or if you manage a sports ground

Find information on licences for food businesses, premises and events and how to apply 

Find out if you need a licence for a house in multiple occupancy or for siting caravans on your land 

View a list of current licence applications 

How to apply for a highways licence if you want to put objects on the highway or if you want to carry out work to highway equipment 

Where to get a licence for charity collections, street cafés, and street trading and information about Sunday trading restrictions

How to apply for a licence to operate private hire vehicles or drive a taxi including a list of wheelchair accessible taxis

Information about licences for environmental activities, cooling towers, scrap metal, drones, places of worship and wedding venues and using Knightstone slipway