Licensing

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Licensing

The council is responsible for issuing a variety of licences, some of which you may need before you can start trading.

These include:

if you have a business which involves selling alcohol or opening late in the evening
other business purposes including taxis
professions which need to be licensed for safety reasons, such as beauty treatments
and businesses involving animals

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- Licensing
  - Premises Licence
  - Best Bar None
  - Licensing Act 2003
  - Club Premises Certificate
  - Temporary Events Notice
  - Personal Licence
  - Gambling licences
  - Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver Licensing
  - Raffles, totes and lotteries
  - House to house collections
  - Street collections
  - Street Trading
  - Beauty treatments
  - Skin piercing and tattoos
  - Caravan site licence
  - Houses in Multiple occupation (HMOs)
  - Food business registration
  - Sale of fireworks licence
  - Scrap Metal
  - Policy review
  - Animal Licensing
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Visiting Newark and Sherwood
Waste and recycling
Your Council

Covid-19: Licensing issues

Regulations to enforce closure of premises

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Business Closure) (England) Regulations 2020, providing coronavirus closure powers came into force immediately from 2pm on Saturday, 21 March 2020.

The regulations were made under Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984.They provide a criminal sanction (unlimited fine) and enforcement powers to ensure the closure of bars, pubs, restaurants, nightclubs, theatres, cinemas, gyms, museums, spas, massage parlours, bingo, concert halls, casinos, betting shops, indoor skating rinks and swimming pools and leisure centres. Exclusions include food and drink take-aways, cafes in hospitals, schools, prisons, supplies to homeless, hotel room-service (see regulations for full details).A person designated by Secretary of State may take such action as is necessary to enforce closure.

View the Regulations

If you are unsure whether you need a licence for your business, you can contact us or alternatively, for free, practical business advice and support use the Licence Finder.

The licences we issue: