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Licences, permits and registration

Information on business licences and how to apply.

Roads and highway licences

Information on how to get a licence to put objects on a highway or road.

Alcohol and entertainment licences

Find out how to apply or renew a club certificate or a personal or premises licences and a temporary events notice (TEN).

Car boot sale licence

Car boot sales usually count as ‘occasional sales’, which must be licensed.

Street trader licences

You need a street trading licence if you trade from Barking Town Centre Market, from a mobile vehicle, outside a shop or food and drink premises on the public highway or on private land within 7m of a public highway.

Caravan and camp site licences

If you want to run a caravan and camping site, you need a licence from us.

Current applications

Information on current licence applications and how to make a comment.

Special treatment licences

If you run a business that offers beauty treatments, massage, alternative therapies or tanning facilities you may need a special treatment licence.

Licences and work permits for children

Work permits and performance licences if you employ a child and chaperone licences if you have been appointed to accompany a child or young person.

Shisha cafés and lounges

If you provide smoking facilities as part of your business (such as a shisha café), or providing facilities for smoking that’s incidental to the business (such as a pub’s smoking shelter), you must comply with legal requirements.

Gambling and licence permits

Anyone providing facilities for gambling must hold a relevant licence or permit.