Street trading

If you want to sell or offer for sale any article in a street, you must have a street trading consent.

Street trading is regulated under Schedule 4 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982.

If you're selling goods on foot, door to door, place to place or town to town you may require a pedlars certificate.

Street trading policy

We currently operate either prohibited or consent streets.

Prohibited streets: trading in a designated “prohibited street” is a criminal offence and any person engaged in street trading on that street could be prosecuted. Applications to trade on prohibited streets will be rejected. To view the prohibited streets, please view our map
Consent streets: streets are identified as consent streets with the exception of prohibited streets

For more information, please see our Street Trading Policy.

An annual consent costs £1170

There is no right of appeal to a decision to refuse an application for street trading consent.

Last updated 28 February 2025