Street Collection Licence

Permission must be granted by the Council before a street collection can take place within its area.

 

 

Details of the regulations and penalties can be found in the following link.

 A summary of the regulations and eligibility criteria for this licence

 

See also the Street Collection Regulations document below for conditions covering collections in the Borough.

 

A return form must be completed following the collection and returned to us. 

There is no fee payable

 

The decision period to process applications is 14 days.

 

The decision period will not begin until all required information has been received by the Council.

The Council do not usually allow more than one street collection to take place on any one day although special arrangements exist in December for undertaking street collections in the town centres.  Please contact the Licensing Section direct for any proposed collections in these areas during December.

We reserve the right to make more detailed enquiries about your application in certain circumstances.  This could include requesting that the applicant or any other person connected with the organisation submits a police check at our request.

 

Returns should be submitted within 1 month of the collection.

 

Tacit consent applies to this application.  The maximum period for dealing with applications is normally 14 days. 

If ‘tacit consent’ applies it means that an application is automatically approved if a decision is not made within the above decision period.  In all other cases approval can only be obtained following the decision regardless of the time taken.

 

It is in the public interest that we must process your application before it can be granted. If you have not heard from us within a reasonable period, please contact us. 

 

Some applications will be recorded in a Public Register.  A list of our current public registers can be viewed on our website.

 

There is no statutory right of appeal if you are refused a licence but you may appeal to the High Court for a review of the decision.

 

If you need to make a consumer complaint about the trading standards of a business we always advise that you first contact the business - preferably in writing (with proof of delivery).  If that has not worked, if you are located in the UK, Consumer Direct will give you advice.  From outside the UK contact the UK European Consumer Centre.

 

If you need to complain about anything relating to a licence or approval granted to a business by the Council, please use the link at the top of the page to make your complaint.

 

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council will take all the necessary steps to ensure that personal data held about its employees, customers, suppliers and other individuals is processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.  View our Data Protection Policy.

 

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