What is a pavement licence?

A pavement licence is a temporary measure to allow your business to place removable furniture on the pavement outside your business premises to: sell or serve food or drink. be used by people for the consumption of food or drink.

How much does a pavement licence cost?

Make an application for a pavement licence. The fee is £100.

Do I need a permit to work on a pavement?

Permits are required for most work in the road or pavement that takes place on any publicly maintainable highways. Permissible works include such things as: street works - work on plant and apparatus in the street by undertakers.

Can a pavement licence be transferred?

Highway licences are not transferable between existing and replacement business owners. If a new business owner takes over responsibility for items on the public highway, the replacement business owner must apply for a new licence.

Can I put tables outside my restaurant?

If you are a business such as a restaurant, bar or café, under the London Local Authorities Act 1990 you need permission to place tables and chairs on the public highway.

Pavement licences

How long does a pavement licence take?

The application process will take 10 working days, excluding bank holidays. This includes five working days for public consultation, and then five working days to consider the application after the consultation.

Do I need a licence to sell coffee on the street?

You need a valid street trading licence from the council if you're selling, offering to sell, or displaying for sale anything in a street or any other public area, or within 7 metres of the public highway.

Do I own the pavement in front of my house?

In reality, no single individual has complete ownership over any public right of way; rather, it is subject to various local laws and regulations which serve to protect both private property owners and those using the area for public access.

Do you need planning permission for outside seating?

Where the tables and chairs are to be placed on publicly maintained highway, planning permission is required. Where tables and chairs are to be placed on a privately maintained highway, you don't need planning permission but you do need to apply for a Tables and Chairs Licence.

Who is responsible for the pavement outside my house UK?

Most councils are responsible for maintaining the majority of pavements including removing weeds, replacing broken or missing slabs.

Is a pavement a public footpath?

If the path is used for walking only, it is a footpath. This is different from the pavement alongside a road, in that it means the whole width of the highway. Footpaths are usually just tracks, and are rarely surfaced or lit.

Can I block the pavement outside my house?

Unless you live on a private road, the pavement outside your house is part of a public highway, so you don't have an exclusive right to park there.

Can you dig up the pavement outside my house?

You *can* dig up their pavements with permission though - you can't do it yourself, but if you employ a registered contractor from their list, who has the right insurance, and let their inspector take a look then it is possible.

What is the council responsibility for pavements?

Under The Highways Act 1980, local councils are responsible for maintaining pavements in a safe condition for pedestrians. However, budget constraints and the resulting lack of resources, means that councils are often unable to properly fulfil their maintenance duties.

How much is a premises license in the UK?

Licence fees

You'll be charged a fee that's based on the rateable value of the property. Application fees range from £100 to £1,905, depending on the fee band of your venue. If your premises doesn't have a rateable value it will fall into the lowest fee band.

What can I do to the front of my house without planning permission?

Porches. You can build a porch on the front of a property as it falls under permitted development. However, planning permission applies if: You're building a porch with a ground area (measured externally) of more than 3 square metres.

Do Neighbours have a say in planning permission?

Neighbours of adjoining properties will be notified once you submit your planning application so that they can advise of any planning objections to the case officer at the local council. They have three weeks to submit their comments either in support of or in opposition to the development.

How big can garden room be without planning permission?

However, now planning permission for a garden office is not required as long as it is under the 2.5m high limit and the area is less than 50% of the outside space. This has been a great benefit to our customers in London where there are many conservations areas dotted about.

Can you drop the kerb outside your house?

Planning permission is usually required if you wish to drop the kerb outside your property to allow a car to cross the pavement. This is because the pavement may need to be strengthened to take the weight of vehicles and prevent them from damaging the surface or any pipes or cables underneath.

Do I own the verge outside my property?

Regardless of who owns the soil, the public may have a right of passage over it, ie it may be part of the highway. Consequently, if a public right of passage over such a verge is claimed, it is no answer for the adjoining owner to say 'the land belongs to me' since even if it does, it may still be part of the highway.

Can my Neighbour park on the pavement?

Under the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act, motorists cannot park on urban roads with their car's wheels on pavements, grass verges or any land between carriageways. Any areas where it is permitted to do so will be clearly sign posted or feature white road markings to designate the areas.

Can I park my food truck anywhere UK?

Some people assume that with the right licence there are no limits on where you can park your food truck, but this is actually not the case. You can't park your food truck anywhere in the UK and start trading, as each town and city has designated areas where food vendors are allowed to operate.

Can I sell coffee from my driveway?

Even if you had the land and permission to trade you would need to apply for planning permission for a “change of use”. You would need to contact your local planning department to submit your application and to pay a fee.