Licensing
Occasional Sales
An occasional sale is a sale including 5 or more stalls, vehicles or pitches. Sales know as 'Boot Sales' will fall within this definition.
The exception to the rule are sales held inside buildings or on a highway are excluded from the definition and do not have to be licensed as occasional sales.
The following are other exceptions that are excluded from the definition of Occasional Sales.
- A market or fair given legal right to be held
- An auction of farm livestock
- Any class of sales which we have exempted
- A market granted planning permission under the Town and Community Planning Act 1990
- A market which has operated continually since 1 July 1948
The fee for this licence differs according to the amount of stalls, vehicles or pitches.
Our fees can be found on the current fees web page.
Please note: Should the application not be granted the fee will not be refunded.
Occasional Sales applications|
Documents and application forms
Occasional Sales Licence - Application (Word) 
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Occasional Sales Licence - Application (PDF) 
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Occasional Sales Licence - Fact sheet PDF 59K
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