Consent Street Trading Policy 2026

Fees will be made on application, renewal, transfer, variation or to issue a replacement consent. The Council can recover the full costs associated with the consent scheme and fees are reviewed annually. Some fees are broken down into two elements, an application fee, and a consent fee. Fees are published on the Council's website.

The level of fees applicable to the street trading function considers the administrative costs associated with the determination of application, the issue and administration of the consent, and the costs associated with compliance checks carried out by the licensing authority to ensure that traders operate in accordance with the conditions of their consent.

No application will be deemed valid until payment of the appropriate fee. Where trading ceases during the term of the consent refunds will be issued for full months remaining and not be issued for any outstanding period of less than three months. Where a temporary event consent has been granted, no refund will be issued should a trader not attend the event, or the event is cancelled.

To support traders, fixed site and multiple site traders can opt to pay a street trading consent fee via monthly instalments. It is recommended traders set up a direct debit to pay these fees, if not it is the traders responsibility to pay monthly instalments on time, if a monthly instalment is not paid in the calendar month it is due the consent for street trading lapses.