Licensing

We administer and issue licences, permits, consents and notices for a wide range of activities in Somerset.

In this section

Alcohol and entertainment

Including gaming and machine permits

Taxi and private hire

Includes taxi fares and disabled accessible vehicles

Animal licences and welfare

Including zoos, animal boarding and horse hiring

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Personal licence for the sale of alcohol

If you want to sell or authorise the sale of alcohol, you may need a personal licence

Premises Licence

Includes information on when a premises licence is required, how to apply and how to make changes to an existing licence

Temporary Event Notice

Information on licensing one-off activities and events

Apply for a club premises certificate

Includes information on applying for a club premises certificate

Report a licensed premises problem and apply for a review

Includes information on reporting a problem with a licensed premises or club premises

Alcohol and licensed premises gaming machine permit

Includes information on gaming machine permits for alcohol licensed premises

Licensing Policies and Policy Consultations

Policies and current policy consultations

Complaints about a licensed person, vehicle or premises

Raise your concern about a licensed person, vehicle or premises

Apply for a provisional statement

If you are about to, or in the process of, constructing or altering a premises for the use of licensable activities

Apply for a notification of interest

Includes information on applying for a notification of interest in a premises

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Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles

As designated in accordance with Section 167 of the Equality Act 2010, below is a list of wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAV) that are "designated vehicles".

Advice for taxi passengers

Includes information on hiring a taxi and reporting problems

Taxi or Private Hire vehicle licence

Information on licensing taxis and private hire vehicles

Apply for a private hire operator’s licence

Includes information on documentation required for applicants

Taxi or Private Hire driver licence

Includes information on Hackney and Private Hire driver licences

Providing transport

How to register to provide transport services

Taxi and private hire latest news

Includes information that we want to pass on to the taxi and private hire trade

Licensing Policies and Policy Consultations

Policies and current policy consultations

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Animal boarding and home boarding licence

Includes information on how to apply for an animal boarding and home boarding licence

Animal exhibition licences

Includes keeping or training animals for exhibition and mobile collections of animals

Animal welfare

How to report an animal welfare problem

Dangerous wild animals

Information about keeping dangerous wild animals and the licences needed

Dog Breeding Licence

You must have a licence to breed dogs

Pet Shop Licence

How to apply for a pet shop licence and guidance on the process

Riding establishments and horse hire

How to apply for a horse hire licence for a riding establishment

Zoo licence

Information about zoo licences and how to apply for one

Complaints about a licensed person, vehicle or premises

Raise your concern about a licensed person, vehicle or premises

Gambling and lottery

Includes lottery licences, permits and legislation information

Markets and street trading

Includes pavement licences, road closures and street collections

Caravan and campsite licence

Caravan sites, campsites and park home licences and conditions

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Premises Licence Gambling Act 2005

Includes information regarding licensing premises that offer facilities for gambling

Club gaming and machine permits

Includes information on gaming permits available for clubs

Temporary and occasional use notices

Includes information on temporary use notices and occasional use notices

Small society lotteries

Includes information on how to apply for a lottery licence

Prize gaming permit

Includes information on how to apply for a prize gaming permit

Unlicensed family entertainment centres

Includes information regarding unlicensed family entertainment centres

Licensing Policies and Policy Consultations

Policies and current policy consultations

Complaints about a licensed person, vehicle or premises

Raise your concern about a licensed person, vehicle or premises

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Apply for a pavement licence

We make sure that anything placed on a pavement is in a safe location and does not inconvenience the public

Street Trading

Includes information on street trading consent

New market traders

Market trader information and guidance on how to trade at a Somerset market

Licensing Policies and Policy Consultations

Policies and current policy consultations

Complaints about a licensed person, vehicle or premises

Raise your concern about a licensed person, vehicle or premises

Other licences

Including tattoo registration, scrap metal licences and how we licence charity collections

Complaints about a licensed person, vehicle or premises

Raise your concern about a licensed person, vehicle or premises

Recent licence applications

Information on recent licensing applications

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Acupuncture, Piercing, Electrolysis and Tattoo Registration 

Guidance on how to apply for a licence

Sex shops and sexual entertainment venues

Information on the types of licences you may need

Charitable collections

Information on street collections and house to house collections

Scrap metal dealer licence

Includes information about scrap metal licences

Caravan and campsite licence

Caravan sites, campsites and park home licences and conditions

Licensing Policies and Policy Consultations

Policies and current policy consultations

Complaints about a licensed person, vehicle or premises

Raise your concern about a licensed person, vehicle or premises