Below are some scenarios where businesses will need to apply for a licence. You can choose to decide which applications apply to your business. Or take advantage of our "Licensing Direct" service where we can talk you through the licences you need to be compliant, help you with your application, or check and submit it.
Find out more about our Licensing Direct Service.
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| Sell or supply alcohol |
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| Sell or supply hot food or drink between 11pm and 5am |
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| Exhibit sexual / adult films |
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| Conduct civil ceremonies, such as civil marriage and civil partnership |
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| Have sports stand(s) or a sports ground |
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Allow children to perform or to be involved in certain activities (incl.
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| Employ Children |
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Conduct Semi-Permanent Skin Colouring Conduct Cosmetic Piercing Conduct Electrolysis |
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| Deal in Scrap Metal |
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| Manufacture or Store Explosives (includes fireworks) |
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| Store or dispense petroleum |
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| Operate a Weighbridge |
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| Use / Have Cooling Towers / Condensers |
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| Have industrial installation or processes that have potential to cause pollution |
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| Keep an animal boarding establishment by carrying on at premises of any nature a business of providing accommodation for other people’s cats or dogs. |
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| Keep a dog breeding establishment by carrying on at any premises a business of breeding dogs for sale (by them or others) |
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| Keep/possess any Dangerous Wild Animal |
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| Keep a Pet Shop by carrying on at any premises (incl. private dwelling) of a business of selling animals as pets or with a view to them being sold in the course of such a business whether by the keeper or other person. |
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| Keep a Riding Establishment by carrying on a business of keeping horses for either of the following purposes. The purposes of their being let out on hire for riding or of their being used in providing, in return for payment, instruction in riding. |
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| Operate a Zoo where wild animals are kept for exhibition to the public (otherwise than for the purposes of a circus or in pet shop) to which members of the public have access, with / without a charge for admission |
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| Exhibiting or training any Performing Animal |
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| Operate from a Boat (Boatmen) |
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| Offer or Drive Private Hire Vehicle(s) for Pre-Bookings |
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| Operate or drive Taxi(s) for immediate hire with or without pre-booking. |
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| Operate, provide or drive an omnibus |
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| Collect money or sell articles for the benefit of charitable or other purposes in any street or public place. |
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| House to house collection for charitable purposes. Collection means appeal to the public, made by visits from house to house, to give, whether for consideration or not, money or other property |
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Sell or expose or offer for sale any article in a street designated as a consent or licence street (street includes any
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| Provide hair braiding services in certain areas of St Ives |
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| Recreational Facilities on Highway (for example, tables and chairs), use of objects, executing work on highway by persons other than councils. |
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| Have Banners over or along the highway |
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| Have Bunting over or along the highway |
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| Have Seasonal Lighting over or along the highway |
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| Have Flower Baskets over or along the highway |
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| Have Plants, Trees & Shrubs in the highway |
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| Have a Flag pole erected (highway) |
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| Want to provide Water Based Activities (council asset) |
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| Want to use Public Open Spaces / Council Property for Filming or Photography |
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| Want to use Public Open Spaces / Council Property for Events |
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| Need a Temporary Restriction of traffic for Community Events |
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| Need to Construct a Cellar (highway) |
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| Skip Operators & Licences |
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| Scaffolding Control |
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| Depositing Building Material on the Highway |
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| Temporary Excavation in the Highway |
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| Hoarding Control |
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| Consent for Structures over, along or under the Highway |
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| Oversailing the Highway by Tower Crane |
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| Private Street Works |
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| Temporary Restrictions of Traffic for Works and Safety |
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| Need Vehicle Crossings over Footways or verges |
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| Need Parking dispensations of Waiting and Loading restrictions |
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Need help?
Most issues can be resolved online, it's the quickest and most convenient way to get help.
Use our contact us form- Licensing
- 0300 1234 212
- licensing@cornwall.gov.uk
