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Visitors to Lichfield before Christmas can benefit from free weekend parking in the multi storey car park on The Friary. Parking will be free on Saturday 9 December and Sunday 10 December, Saturday 16 December and Sunday 17 December and Saturday 23 December and Sunday 24 December in The Friary multistorey car park.

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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. Houses in multiple occupation (HMO)
  12. You are here: 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

Scrap metal businesses

If you want to run a scrap metal dealership, motor salvage and or vehicle dismantles - either based on a site or mobile - you will need a licence to trade. There are two types of licence:

  • Site licence - for scrap metal dealerships on fixed sites
  • Collector's licence - if you wish to collect scrap metal
  • Previous page: Houses in multiple occupation (HMO)
  • Next page: Camping, caravan and residential sites

Licensing and permits

  • Alcohol, event and entertainment licences
  • Animal related licences
  • Charity collections permits
  • Contact the licensing team
  • Do I need a licence?
  • Enforcement policy
  • HMO licences
  • Holiday caravan/camp/touring site licence
  • Pavement licences
  • Residential site licences and rules
  • Scrap metal licences
  • Sex shop and adult cinema licence
  • Special treatments licences
  • Street trading policy
  • Taxi and private hire licences
  • Trading on streets and special events
  • Woodlands and felling licences

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District Council House,
Frog Lane,
Lichfield,
Staffs,
WS13 6YU

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