Licensing

We have a number of licensing regulatory and registration powers and duties. The licensing section deals with the licensing and registrations of a wide range of people and premises.

These include

Premises licences for:

• Alcohol
• Regulated entertainment (such as live and recorded music, dancing, boxing, wrestling)
• Late night refreshment

Gambling (such as betting shops, bingo halls, casinos and adult gaming centres)

Other types of licences we provide are listed below:

• Amusement with prizes
• Game dealers
• House to house collection
• Lotteries
• Motor salvage operator
• Scrap metal dealers
• Sex establishment
• Street collection
• Video juke box

This section also deals with the following licences:

• Hackney carriages (taxi)
• Private hire vehicles
• Hackney carriage and private hire drivers
• Private hire operators

Payment for licences we provide can be paid by phone, please contact us for more information. Please note that all licensing applications will be dealt with by pre-booking appointments only.

Online registers

Our online licensing register gives you access to up-to-date information on licensed premises, taxi licenses and personal license holders.

You can look at the details of:

• Taxi license holders
• Licensing Act 2003 licenses
• Gambling Act 2005 licenses

For more information visit the licensing register page.