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).

Food business registration and approval

If you want to store, prepare, distribute or sell food on premises in Barking and Dagenham, you need to register with us at least 28 days before you start operating.

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.

Animal activity licences

Information on what licences you need for animal activities such as dog breeding and horse riding.

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.

Scrap metal and motor salvage licences

If you wish to carry out business as a scrap metal dealer in Barking and Dagenham you must apply to us for a licence.

Selective licences

The selective licence is for any size or type of property in which one or two people live as a single household. All landlords who rent out or let residential accommodation that is not an Additional or Mandatory HMO must have a selective licence.