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Street trading

Street trading provides a valuable service to our residents and visitors. All streets within the borough of Walsall are designated as “consent streets”. This means that you need to get street trading consent before you can sell goods or food in the borough on/in any:

  • road
  • path or footway
  • area accessible to the public without payment, including private land

This can include, for example, selling hot food from vans parked in lay-bys or industrial estates, or ice cream from mobile vans.

If you don’t, you’ll be committing an offence. You could be fined up to £1,000. 

All permits must be renewed after 31 March each year.

Eligibility 

To apply for street trading consent, you must be over 17 years of age.

How to apply

  1. Download and complete the application form

    Download list

  2. Provide copies of your evidence

    As part of your application, you’ll need to provide:

    • photographs of the vehicle, trailer, stall, or cart that you are going to use
    • relevant gas/electrical safety certificates

    For static consent, you’ll also need to include:

    • the dimensions of your intended stall, vehicle, trailer, or cart
    • a plan that shows its exact location

    For mobile consent, you’ll also need to include:

    • a detailed route of all streets where you’re planning to trade
    • an MOT certificate for your trading vehicle

    We accept scans, photographs or photocopies.

  3. Send your completed application back to us

    You can send your application by post or email.

  4. Pay your fee

    You can pay by:

    Administration fee

    If you’re a new applicant, you’ll need to pay an administration fee when you apply. This is £50.00. If your application is successful, we will deduct this amount from your consent fee.

    Consent fee

    After you’ve received confirmation that your application is successful, you should pay your consent fee.

    Consent fees
    DurationFee
    1 year£560.00
    9 months£430.00
    6 months£360.00
    3 months£275.00
    1 month£215.00

Complain about a street trader

If you have a complaint about a specific street trader, you can email us.

Contact information

Before contacting us, please check to see if we can answer your question from our online information.

Email:

licensing@walsall.gov.uk

Write to us:

Licensing, Clean & Green Environmental Depot, 200 Pelsall Road, Brownhills WS8 7EN

Business hours:

Monday to Friday: 8:45am - 5:15pm

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