Street trading is the selling, or offering for sale, of any article from a mobile van or stall from a fixed location in a street.
Street trading on the public highway is forbidden in Runnymede owing to its highways being designated as prohibited streets. Therefore no application to trade can be considered.
Trading on Private Land
If you wish to trade on privately owned land in Runnymede you are not prohibited from doing so, but you would need to contact the following Council Offices:
- The Council’s Planning department in order to check whether any form of planning permission would be needed.
- The Council’s Environmental Health department in order to check whether any form of food or drink licence would be needed
Provided that you had obtained any permissions which might be required under 1 and 2 above (if any) and Planning and Environmental Health had no objection to you trading in the location, you would need to obtain the consent of the owner of the land to you trading in that location.
Leafleting
You do not need a licence to hand out promotional leaflets for a business. However, you must not obstruct the flow of pedestrians and or traffic. If you are going to stand outside a shop it is advisable to ask the shop manager first.
Please contact democratic.services@runnymede.gov.uk for any enquiries
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