Licensing and permits

Public registers can be viewed at the Council offices by making an appointment.

The list of current licence applications and public notices is available here.

Information about how to apply for an acupuncture licence can be found here.

A permit is required to park your boat or tractor in any of the Council's boat and tractor parks.

To run a caravan or camping site in Redcar and Cleveland you need a licence from us.

If you want to collect money or sell items on the street for charity, you will need a street collection licence.

Any person planning to keep explosives such as fireworks, safety cartridges or vehicle airbag detonators is required by law to have a current licence.

To operate a hairdresser or a barber, the business owner and the premises must be registered with us.

To hold an occasional sale such as a car boot sale in Redcar and Cleveland you will need to notify Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council.

Pavement licences allow licence holders to place furniture over certain highways adjacent to the premises in relation to which the application was made.

If you operate a workplace in Redcar and Cleveland where petrol is stored and dispensed into vehicles then the storage facility must have a Petroleum Storage Certificate [PSC].

A licence is required to let out pleasure boats to members of the public

Premises that are used for a business, which consists of the sale, hiring or exchange of sex articles to a significant degree, require a licence.

To offer cosmetic skin treatments, both the person performing the treatment and the premises must be registered with us.

Any person running a business of buying or selling scrap metal or as a motor salvage operator is required to apply for a scrap metal dealer licence.

If you operate a sports ground which is not designated as requiring a safety certificate, you will still require a safety certificate for any covered stand that holds 500 or more spectators.

The sale of goods from streets within the borough of Redcar & Cleveland requires a prior consent to do so.