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Licensing
The law requires that certain activities have to be Licensed or Registered before they can take place.
- Licences dealt with by Adur District Council
- Taxis and private hire licences
- Other business licences
- for fees and charges associated with licences please see the current 'Fees and Charges for Council Services' booklet.
- on-line application forms
- Licences dealt with by West Sussex County Council
- Dropped kerbs and crossovers
- Licensing policy / Licensing Act 2003 - which contains useful information and forms about applying for a licence
- Gambling Act 2005
Licences dealt with by Adur District Council
Application forms for the licences listed below can be found further down the page in the on-line licensing forms section.
Taxis and private hire licences :
- 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 :
- Licensing Officer, on : (01273) 263071
or send the 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 :
- Licensing Officer, on : (01273) 263071
or send the Licensing Officer an e-mail
See also :
- 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
For fees and charges associated with licences please see the current 'Fees and Charges for Council Services' booklet.
For information about licences , please contact Environmental Support
(other than taxis and private hire - see above).
Food businesses licences :
- Registration of food businesses
- Game dealers
- See also : Registration of premises used for a food business
Places of entertainment licences :
- Cinemas
- Theatres
- Nightclubs and other places where public music singing or dancing takes place
- Outside music festivals
- Pleasure boats
- Sex establishments
Collections and lotteries licences :
- Street collections
- House-to-house collections
- Lotteries
- Gaming (amusements with prizes)
Animal premises licences :
- Pet shops
- Boarding kennels and catteries
- Horse riding establishments
- Dog breeding establishments
- Dangerous wild animals
- Zoos
Other licences :
- Housing inspectors for immigration purposes
Skin piercing licences :
- Acupuncture
- Tattooing
- Ear piercing
- Electrolysis
Scrap metal and motor salvage licences :
- Scrap metal dealers
- Motor salvage operators
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
For licence charges in Adur please see the current fees and charges for Adur District Council Services booklet.
The majority of licence forms are available below. If you cannot find what you are looking for please contact Environmental Support.
Adur on-line licensing forms (alphabetical) :
Note : these on-line forms require Adobe Acrobat
- Acupuncture, tattooing, ear pirecing or electrolysis :
- Registration of the practice/business (application)
- Registration of person and premises (application)
- Amusements with prizes by means of machine (gaming machine permit) (Permit for provision of)
- Animal boarding establishment (application)
- Caravan site licence (application to operate)
- Conduct lotteries registration (application)
- Dangerous wild animals (application for licence to keep)
- Dog breeding establishment (application)
- Food premises registration (application)
- Game dealer's licence (application)
- Hackney carriage / Private hire driver licence (application)
- House to house collections (application)
- Licensing policy / Licensing Act 2003 : Policy details and forms
- Meat products premises (application for approval of)
- Motor salvage operator (application for a licence to become)
- Notice of proposed Sunday opening
- Pet shop (application for a licence to keep a pet shop)
- Riding establishment (application)
- Scrap metal dealer (application for registration as a)
- Sex Establishments (for an application form contact us so we can email you a form direct)
- Street collection permit (application)
- Use land as a site for moveable dwellings (application)
Licences
dealt with by West Sussex County Council
Licences dealt with by West Sussex County Council currently include :
- Marriage
licence (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk/redirect/?oid=[com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Article:{id=187865}])
- WSCC licences relating to highways (roads, pavements footpaths) :
- Building materials on the highway (on WSCC website) (http://www.westsussex.gov.uk//redirect/?oid=%5Bcom.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.MultiPartArticle%3A%7Bid%3D2723971%7D%5D)
- Demonstrations and parades (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk//redirect/?oid=%5Bcom.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.MultiPartArticle%3A%7Bid%3D2723965%7D%5D)
- Dropped kerbs - see below
- Highway projections or protusions over a public highway (on WSCC website) ()
- Hoardings (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk//redirect/?oid=%5Bcom.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.MultiPartArticle%3A%7Bid%3D2517960%7D%5D)
- Noticeboards (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk//redirect/?oid=%5Bcom.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Article%3A%7Bid%3D2724034%7D%5D)
- Planting along highways and verges (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk//redirect/?oid=%5Bcom.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Article%3A%7Bid%3D2723930%7D%5D)
- Price list (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk//redirect/?oid=%5Bcom.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Article%3A%7Bid%3D2286734%7D%5D)
- Scaffolding (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk//redirect/?oid=%5Bcom.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.MultiPartArticle%3A%7Bid%3D2723925%7D%5D)
- Skips (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk//redirect/?oid=%5Bcom.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.MultiPartArticle%3A%7Bid%3D2723918%7D%5D)
- Street works (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk//redirect/?oid=%5Bcom.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Article%3A%7Bid%3D2723915%7D%5D)
- Tables and chairs (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk//redirect/?oid=%5Bcom.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Article%3A%7Bid%3D2723910%7D%5D)
For more information about licences see the WSCC website - a good place to start is their A to Z section under 'L' for 'licences' where there are links to all relevant pages across their website (any new licences will also be added there) ... (www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/content/site/a-to-z-index.jsp?page=12)
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//redirect/?oid=%5Bcom.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.Article%3A%7Bid%3D2723960%7D%5D)
- see also dropped kerbs (or crossovers) FAQs (on WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk/redirect/?oid=%5Bcom.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.ArticleSection:%7Bid=1914738%7D%5D)
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/genpub/en/1115316438436.html)
See also :
- Planning applications (do I need planning permission?)
- Building Control (do I need building regulations approval?)
