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Service changes over late May bank holiday

Most non-critical council services close at 5pm, Friday, 23 May 2025 to 9am, Tuesday, 27 May 2025. Our contact centre will be open for emergencies.

Council office closures, emergencies and bank holiday updates
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  • Acupuncture, tattoo, piercing or electrolysis registration
  • Alcohol and entertainment licences
  • Animal licence types
  • Body of Person's Approval (BOPA) licence
  • Busking and street performing licence
  • Car boot sales licence
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  • Club Premises Certificate
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  • Dangerous animals licence
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  • Gambling Act - licensing premises
  • Hairdressing licence
  • Highways projection licence
  • House-to-house collections licence
  • Landlord licensing - Houses in Multiple Occupation
  • Personal licence to sell alcohol
  • Pleasure boat licence
  • Premises licence - licensed premises
  • Regulation of Safety certificate - sports grounds
  • Scaffolding and hoarding licence
  • Scrap Metal Dealers licence
  • Second-hand goods licence
  • Sex shop licence
  • Skip operator's licence
  • Small society lotteries licence
  • Stage hypnotism licence
  • Street cafe licence
  • Street collections licence
  • Street trading
  • Street works licence
  • Taxi and minicab licences
  • Temporary Event Notice (TEN)
  • Temporary Exemption Notice (TEN) for a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
  • Zoo licence
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