Licensing

There are registers on Premises and Club Licences, Temporary Event Notices, Personal Licences, Gambling and Lotteries, Taxis, Boats, Animal Welfare, Body Piercing, Street Trading, Charitable Collections, Caravan Sites, Motor Salvage Operators and Scrap Metal Dealers.

The Licensing Act covers sale of alcohol, sale of late night refreshment, regulated entertainment. The four types of licences available are Premises, Club Premises, Temporary Event Notices and Personal Licences.

New legislation gives responsibility to Licensing Authorities (local Councils) to undertake a number of licensing and regulatory functions in relation to gambling premises.

Annual licence required by sex establishments which include Sex Shops and Sex Cinemas.

Licences required for Taxi Drivers, Taxi Operators, Vehicles (Hackney Carriage, Private Hire, or Pedicab), and Horse & Cart.

Also general information for the travelling public and taxi customers.

Licences for Boat Operators and boats hired out as Day Boats on inland waterways from locations in North Norfolk.

Licences required for Animal Boarding, Dangerous Wild Animals, Dog Breeding, Pet Shops, Riding Establishments, and Zoos.

Registration for the following types of skin piercing: Acupuncture, Tattooing, Ear Piercing and Electrolysis.

Licences required for Goods and Amenities on the Highway (Cromer only) and certain types of Street Trading. Scrap Metal Dealers and Motor Salvage Operators.

Licences required for House to House Collections and Street Collections.

Information on Buskers.

The North Norfolk Safety Advisory Group advises on a number of issues relating to events

Licence required by proprietors of caravan sites provided for members of the public. All caravan sites require a site licence except for: those registered with the Caravan Club (CL) with a maximum of 5 pitches; or those registered with the Camping and Caravan Club (CS) with a maximum of 5 touring pitches and 5 tent pitches; or any site in existence prior to 1960.