Licensing

Welcome to Epping Forest District Council Licensing Section.  Epping Forest District Council has a number of regulatory and registration powers and duties.

The following pages are intended to provide a useful guide to the various licences and registrations issued by this Authority.

The categories of licences we provide are:

Animal Welfare Licensing

Gambling Act 2005

Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Licences

House to House Collections

Licensing Act 2003

Motor Salvage Operators

Scrap Metal Dealers

Sex Establishments

Special Treatments

Street Collection Permits

Street Trading Consents

Registers:

Registers kept by the Authority

Online Applications - Coming Soon

Epping Forest District Council is currently working on providing online applications that will fulfil the requirements of the European Service Directive.

The EU Service Directive was adopted by EU countries in December 2006. The Directive aims to open up the European internal market to cross-border trade in services by making it easier for service providers to set up business or offer their services in other EU countries. The Directive imposes a number of requirements on Local Authorities.

These are:
• The screening and possible adjustment of the existing legislation and the authorisation schemes in them that are related to the relevant service
• The electronic completion of procedures
• Administrative cooperation
• Regulation in connection with the rights of recipients of services

Epping Forest District Council is currently screening their processes in relation to the licensing regimes that are under the scope of this directive. We are working closely with the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) to set up links with their Point of Single Contact (PSC).

The PSC will ensure that applicants will be able to access information relating to the Council's licensing regimes and procedures electronically. It will also be possible to apply for such an authorisation electronically via the PSC which will include the submission of additional documents and the payment of fees online.

Not all licensing regimes or application types are under the scope of the EU Service Directive. A list of those that will be within the scope will be added here at a later date. The EU Service Directive does impose a deadline for all local authorities to have the in scope applications and associated documentation online by. The deadline date for this is the 28th December 2009. We are still working to meet this, however it is envisaged that there will be a short delay and applications will not be available until January 2010.

For further information on the EU Service Directive please visit the BIS website using the link below.
www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/europeandtrade/europe/services-directive/page9583.html

For further information:

You can contact the Licensing Team as follows: 
• Telephone: 01992 564034
• Email: licensing@eppingforestdc.gov.uk
• Fax:  01992 561016
• Address:  Licensing Section, Corporate Support Services, Epping Forest District Council, Civic Offices, High Street, Epping  CM16 4BZ