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Licensing
The law requires that certain activities have to be Licensed or Registered before they can take place.
- EU Services Directive (licensing) -
EUGO
- Licences dealt with by Adur District Council
- Taxis and private hire licences
- Other licences and on-line licensing forms
- for fees and charges associated with licences please see the current
Fees and Charges for Council Services booklet.
- Licences dealt with by West Sussex County Council
- Licensing Policy / Licensing Act 2003 - which contains useful information and forms about applying for a licence
- Gambling Act 2005
EU Services Directive (licensing) - EUGO
In order to be fully compliant with the EU Services Directive (licensing) we are gradually updating the licensing section of our website to enable you to apply on-line for all our licences and registrations.
New links to the new European wide licensing forms will be added here shortly as they become available. This may involve you being redirected to the national Business Link website to complete your application and payment details. Please note that this will not include taxi/private hire licensing.
In the meantime please use the licensing forms available on the rest of this page.
For more details send an e-mail about Licensing and EUGO
See also :
- European Commission (EUGO) website (http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/eu-go/)
- UK Welcomes Business - Business Link website (www.ukwelcomes.businesslink.gov.uk)
- Business Link website (www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/home)
Licences dealt with by Adur District Council
Application
forms for the licences listed below can be found in the relevant sections
:
Taxis and private hire licences
The
council is responsible for the licensing of all the taxis operating in the
borough including :
- Hackney carriage drivers, vehicles and operators
- Private hire drivers, vehicles and operators
- Minibuses (up to eight seats)
For current hackney carriage and private hire licence fees please see the current Fees and Charges for Council Services booklet.
You can find out about taxi and private hire licences and how to apply for one by contacting :
- Taxi Licensing Officer, on : (01273) 263144
or send the Taxi Licensing Officer an e-mail
Taxi hire fees are updated each year. Comments on the proposals can also be made to the above contact. For details please contact :
- Taxi Licensing Officer, on : (01273) 263144
or send the Taxi Licensing Officer an e-mail
See also :
- Taxi Licensing report - April 2005 (.PDF 13kb)
- The role of the Driving Standards Agency (.PDF 59kb)
- Hackney carriage
/ private hire assessment explained (.PDF 27kb)
Other business licences and on-line licensing forms
For fees and charges associated with licences please see the current Fees and Charges for Council Services booklet.
For information about licences (other than taxis and private hire - see above) please contact Environmental Support.
The majority of licence forms are available and linked to below. If you cannot find what you are looking for please contact Environmental Support. Note : these on-line forms require Adobe Acrobat.
Food businesses licences :
- Registration of food businesses - (application)
- Game dealer's licence (application)
- Meat products premises (application for approval of)
- See also : Registration of premises used for a food business
Places of entertainment licences :
Please contact Environmental Support for all of these
- Cinemas
- Theatres
- Nightclubs and other places where public music singing or dancing takes place
- Outside music festivals
- Pleasure boats
- Sex establishments (for an application form contact us so we can email you a form direct)
Collections and lotteries licences :
- Street collection permit (application)
- House to house collections (application)
- Lotteries - Conduct lotteries registration (application)
- Gaming machine permit (amusements with prizes by means of machine (.PDF 91kb)
Animal premises licences :
- Pet shops (application for a licence to keep a pet shop)
- Boarding kennels and catteries (application)
- Horse riding establishments (application)
- Dog breeding establishments (application)
- Dangerous wild animals (application for licence to keep)
- Zoos - please contact Environmental Support
Other licences :
- Housing inspectors for immigration purposes - please contact Environmental Support
- Caravan site licence (application to operate)
- Use land as a site for moveable dwellings (application)
- Notice of proposed Sunday opening
Skin piercing licences :
- Acupuncture, tattooing, ear piercing or electrolysis :
Scrap metal and motor salvage licences :
- Scrap metal dealers (application for registration)
- Motor salvage operators (application for a licence to become)
Licensing Act 2003 : Personal licences and premises licences
- alcohol licences (personal and premises)
- performance of a play
- exhibition of a film
- indoor sporting events
- boxing or wrestling
- live music
- recorded music performance of a dance
- registered members clubs
- premises selling hot food/drink between the hours of 11:00pm and 5:00am
- circuses, festivals and vehicles which sell hot food/drink between the hours of 11:00pm and 5:00am
- See Licensing policy / Licensing Act 2003 for policy details and information on how to apply for these licences
Licences dealt with by West Sussex County Council (WSCC)
Licences
dealt with by West Sussex County Council currently include :
Marriage licences / Marriage certificates :
- Registering births, marriages and deaths and registration offices (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=7707)
- See also : Family history research and copies of certificates (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk/living/births_marriages_and_deaths/family_history_and_copy.aspx)
Highway licences relating to :
- Building materials on the highway
- Demonstrations & Parades
- Dropped Kerbs (or crossovers) - see below
- Highway Projections
- Hoardings
- Noticeboards
- Planting
- Price List
- Scaffolding
- Skips
- Street Works
- Tables and chairs
- For full details about highway licences are on the WSCC website (www.westsussex.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=8235)
Other licences and licensing information :
For more information about licences dealt with by West Sussex County Council use the links below or visit their website and do a search for licences or licensing :
- Chaperone licences / work permits (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=8857)
- Storage of explosives - Selling and storing fireworks (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk/doing_business/business_safety/selling_and_storing_fireworks.aspx)
- West Sussex
County Council website (www.westsussex.gov.uk)
Dropped kerbs, highway crossovers, driveways and front garden hardstandings :
Dropped kerbs and highway crossovers
If
you are making a new access into your garden across the footpath you will
need to obtain permission to drop the kerbs in the form of a licence from
West Sussex County Council. The pavement may also need strengthening, this
is to protect any services buried in the ground such as gas or water pipes.
You can find out more on the West Sussex County Council website.
- Dropped kerbs (or crossovers) (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=10379)
Driveways and front garden hardstandings
Please use the following links to find out about the changes in the General Permitted Development Order, planning permission and building regulations with regards to Driveways and hardstandings :
- Guidance on the permeable surfacing of front gardens - General Permitted Development Order (on the Communities and Local Government website) (www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/pavingfrontgardens)
- Paving your Front Garden - planning permission and building regulations (on the Planning Portal website) (www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/public/buildingwork/projects/workcommonpaving/)
See also :
- Planning applications - Do I need planning permission?
- Building Control - Do I need building regulations approval?
