Pavement licence

Applications must be submitted with the following supporting documents:

• the pavement licence application form fully completed, signed, and dated
• a copy of one of the documents below as proof of identity:
  • copy of your passport
  • current full UK/EU photocard driving licence
• a copy of one of the documents below as proof of home address:
  • recent utility bill dated within the last 3 months (eg gas, phone, water, electricity, council tax). Mobile phone bills are not accepted
  • bank statement (dated within the last 3 months)
  • credit card statement (dated within the last 3 months)
• a copy of one of the documents below as proof of National Insurance number:
  • a copy of your National Insurance card
  • Inland Revenue document
  • tax statement
  • Benefits Agency document
  • payslip
  • P45 or P60
• a copy of your public liability insurance certificate – minimum cover of £5 million
• a copy of one of the below as proof of premises address:
  • recent utility bill dated within the last 3 months (eg gas, phone, water, electricity, council tax). Mobile phone bills are not accepted
  • bank statement (dated within the last 3 months)
  • credit card statement (dated within the last 3 months)
• photographic evidence of the site notice being completed and clearly displayed in the shop front window or door, and on shutters if these are used when your premises is closed

If you are a public limited company or chain wishing to apply for a pavement licence, then a member of the management team of each individual premises will need to apply for the licence on behalf of the PLC or chain.

Pavement licences can only be issued to an individual, not a business name.

This does not discount PLCs or chains applying for a pavement licence.

Current shop front licence holders wishing to relinquish their licence in favour of a pavement licence should be aware that after 30 September 2022, they will need to restart the application process for a shop front licence from the beginning if they wish to continue trading from in front of their premises.

Please note that any fees paid in relation to shop front trading will not be refunded in the event you wish to switch to a pavement licence.

For applications to be considered, a non-refundable application fee of £100 must be paid.

All renewals of a pavement licence after three months also require a renewal fee.

• pavement licence fees and charges

Once you’ve submitted your application, a 7 day consultation period will start. The public will be able to make representations regarding your application.

We’ll contact you if anything’s missing from the application.

If anything is missing, the consultation period will not start.

Please refer to the supporting documents section before you send your application.

• make a public representation

Following this, the Council will have a further 7 days to review all representation and make a determination on your application.

Once you have submitted your application, you must affix a site notice to your premises and it must remain there for the duration of the consultation.

It must be clearly visible 24 hours, 7 days a week in your shop front window or door until the end of the consultation period. You must also affix a notice on your shutters if you use them when the premises is closed:

• site notice template

The site notice should:

• state that the application has been made and the date on which it was made
• indicate that representations may be made to the Council during the consultation period and when the consultation comes to an end
• contain such other information as the Council may require

Following the consultation period, you will be advised within 7 days of the outcome of your application.

All decisions will take into account any representations received and the Council reserves the rights to add specific conditions to licences where it feels appropriate to do so.

If you’d like to renew your pavement licence, please complete the form on this page and return it to pavement.licence@hackney.gov.uk:

• pavement licence renewal form