Licences and permits

Application and fee details for all licences and permits issued by Lancaster City Council.

Fees

• Licence fees

Alcohol and entertainment

• Club premises certificate
• Personal licence
• Premises licence
• Temporary event notice (You MUST apply at least 10 working days before the event)

Animal welfare

• Animal activities licensing
• Zoo

Charity collection

• House to house collections
• Street collection

Environmental protection

• Annual subsistence charge
• Environmental permit B
• Environmental permit A2

Food safety

• Food premises approval
• Food business registration

Gambling

• Premises licence
• Gaming machines
• Small society registration

Health and safety

• Acupuncture, tattooing, piercing, electrolysis
• Notification of New Cooling Towers/Decommisoning of Cooling Towers

Housing standards

• Houses in multiple occupation (HMO)
• Caravan and camping site

Market stall

• Market stall

Morecambe promenade permits

• Launching permit - powered and non-powered craft
• Disabled angling permit - Stone Jetty or Grosvenor Breakwater
• Commercial fishermen and moorings access permit
• Commercial fishing (including shellfish collection)

Pavement licence

• Apply for a Pavement Licence 

Scrap metal and motor salvage

• Application for a Scrap Metal Dealer Licence - Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (PDF, 423KB)

Secondhand goods

• Secondhand dealer

Sex shop and sexual entertainment venue

• Sex shop and cinema
• Sexual entertainment venue (PDF, 374KB)

Street cafe

• Street cafe licence (PDF, 1.6MB)

Taxi and private hire

• Hackney carriage driver
• Hackney carriage vehicle
• Hackney carriage/private hire dual driver's licence
• Private hire driver
• Private hire operator
• Private hire vehicle
• Transfer of vehicle licence

Last updated: 09 September 2024