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Each year, we contact all local households to check the information on the electoral register is accurate and up to date - we check who is living at each property and who is eligible to vote. If you get an email from lichfielddistrictcouncil@householdresponse.com please be reassured it is genuine. We also issue letters by post.  Please follow the instructions provided to respond - thank you!

Find out more about the electoral register

Our reception and customer service lines, including live chat, will be closed for staff training on Thursday 14 August. Whilst we are closed, please WhatsApp us on 01543 308171 and we'll get back to you in the afternoon, or use our online single form. 

An application has been made to review the premises licence for Betsy’s X LDS, 1a Bore Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6LJ due to a failure to meet the licensing objectives. View a copy of the notice and find out more about the review and hearing process. 

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Do I need a licence?

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  1. Do I need a licence?
  2. Selling alcohol, providing entertainment or late night hot food/drink
  3. Public events and street trading
  4. Street trading and special events
  5. Social, sporting or political members clubs
  6. Gambling machines, betting and lotteries
  7. Taxis drivers, vehicles and private hire operators
  8. Food premises and sales
  9. Animal related businesses
  10. Tattooing, piercing and electrolysis licences
  11. You are here: Houses in multiple occupation (HMO)
  12. Scrap metal businesses
  13. Camping, caravan and residential sites
  14. Sex shop and adult cinemas
  15. Felling trees and woodland
  16. Charity collection permits
  17. A-boards
  18. Pay for a licence

Houses in multiple occupation (HMO)

If you are the owner/manager of an HMO that is rented out to five or more people, who form two or more families, and who share facilities such as a bathroom, kitchen, sink or toilet, you must get a licence.

Licences cannot be transferred to another property, or to a different person.

If circumstances change, you will need a new licence. Find out more.

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