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Conwy County Borough Council : Street Trading Consent
http://bit.ly/IEtFHeStreet Trading Consent
A Street Trading Consent allows you to sell in the street, road and footway or any other area where the public have access.
Do I need this licence and am I eligible?
If you trade in the street you may require a street trading licence.
What you must do?
Applications should be made in writing to the Council using the relevant application form.
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.
You must be over 17 years of age to hold a licence.
What we must do?
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.
Charges and Fees:
Annual Consent £2,000
Six Month £1200
3 Month £650
1 Month £225
1 Week £150
1 Day £50
Useful Information:
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 are unsuitable to hold a licence for any reason made known to the Council
you have previously failed to pay fees due under another street trading consent
any reasonable reason
Redress mechanisms:
There is no right of appeal against a decision to refuse Street Trading Consent.
However, the decision or procedure followed by the Council may be open to an application to Judicial Review.
Contact Details:
Regulatory Services
Civic Offices
Colwyn Bay
Conwy
LL29 8AR
Telephone: 01492 576626
Fax: 01492 574036
E-mail: regulatory.services@conwy.gov.uk