Licence - street trading
Street Trading is defined as the selling or offering for sale of
any article in the street. This includes food such as burgers,
kebabs and doughnuts or other things such as household items,
novelties and so on.
All streets in this area are designated as Consent Streets,
other than certain streets in Rochdale town centre which are
"licensed" streets. This means that any person who wishes to sell
items from a trailer or stall in a street must first obtain a
Street Trading Consent or Licence from us.
Food traders must also be registered with the Environmental
Health Service.
You do not need a Street Trading Consent if you are:
- Trading as a Pedlar under licence issued by a Police
Authority
- A market trader operating at a licensed market
venue
- A news vendor selling only newspapers and
periodicals
- If you are trading on private land you
may not need a consent. To confirm the situation
you are advised to contact us, using the details above. The
landowner may need planning permission and you are advised to
contact the Planning Office.
Once you have decided when and where you wish to trade, contact
us and we will be happy to send you an application form. We
will also be able to inform you whether or not the location you
have chosen may or may not be suitable.
You will also need to provide evidence that your business is
registered with your local Council if you wish to sell food.
Applications will not be considered without this evidence. All
details on the application are checked.
Consent will not be granted where there is a risk to road safety
or possibility of a nuisance or obstruction being created, or if we
consider the siting to be prejudicial to existing businesses.
We may revoke a Street Trading Consent after it has been
granted. This may be for a variety of reasons such as: non
compliance with conditions, non payment or because other agencies
such as highways department require access to the trading
location.
If your application is refused or revoked you may discuss the
application with the appropriate Council Officers. Other than
Judicial Review there is no statutory right of appeal against the
Council's decision, but an appeal could be heard by the Regulatory
Sub-Committee of the Council