Licensing

Street Trading Licence

Only persons licensed by Dover District Council's Licensing Section may trade from the street.

Exclusions

The following types of trading are excluded from the definition of street trading and those traders are not required to obtain a licence or consent. They may also trade in a street designated as a prohibited street:-

• Trading by a person acting as a pedlar.
• Anything done in a market or fair the right to hold which was acquired by virtue of a grant, enactment or order.
• Trading in a trunk road picnic area.
• Trading as a news vendor subject to a restriction upon articles sold and the type of stall used.
• Trading which is carried on at petrol filling stations or at premises used as a shop or in a street adjoining premises so used and as part of the business of the shop.
• Roundsmen
• The use for trading under the Highways Act 1980 of an object or structure placed on, in or over a highway (pavement cafes etc.).
• The operation of facilities for recreation or refreshment under the Highways Act 1980.
• Street collection.

Cost

The annual licence fee for Street Trading is £405 per year and the fee for an occasional licence is £100 per day.

For full information and an Application Form please click here (pdf document)