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Licensing
& Registrations
List of licenses
The Public Protection department deals with the following types
of 'licences':
(*) Copies of these licences etc should generally be on public
display at the premises to which they relate. If you don't see one
ask "why?" and try to find somewhere that is licensed.
(A) Applications for new licences or where there are substantial
changes to an existing license must be advertised in order that
residents can be given the opportunity to object to the application
and appear before the Licensing Applications Panel. In all other
cases there is no requirement for public advertisement.
Details of other licences (eg. for public entertainment, street
trading, sex shops) administered by the Council can be found on
the Directorate of Law and
Administration Licensing page.
Types of licence
If, instead of a printed licence, you would prefer to receive an electronic version please let us know when you submit the application ensuring that you clearly state the e-mail address to which the licence should be sent. More detailed information about the licences and registrations
etc administered by the Public Protection department are set out
below:
Acupuncture Registration
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Animal Boarding Establishments
Licence [i.e. kennels, catteries, and pet sitters]
- Anyone who looks after someone else's cat or dog other than
at the owner's home needs a licence. Purpose built catteries and
kennels, and anyone looking after your animal in their home as
part of a business should therefore be licensed.
- The purpose of the licence is to ensure the health and welfare
of the animals, their security, and the avoidance of nuisance
to neighbours.
- If you have any queries about the existence of a licence/registration,
etc. please e-mail health.safety@bexley.gov.uk.
- Licensed premises must have made adequate arrangements for veterinary
attention for animals and must carry insurance.
- Application - Form
L01
- For new applications you will also require:
- Guidance & Conditions:
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Authorisation under Environmental
Protection Act
- A range of commercial and industrial premises capable of emitting
significant amounts of pollution ("prescribed processes")
have, for many years, been required to be authorised under the
Environmental Protection Act. The responsibility for regulating
these processes is split between the Council and the Environment
Agency. The majority of processes covered by this Act within the
Bexley borough area only have significant emissions to air, and
are regulated by the Council.
- Part of the philosophy behind regulation under the Environmental
Protection Act has included improving public access to information
about industrial processes and their emissions. A public register
containing information about prescribed processes within the borough
is available for inspection free of charge at the offices of the
Environmental Health & Trading Standards service at 2a Hadlow
Road, Sidcup, during normal office hours. The Council also keeps
copies of documents on behalf of the Environment Agency on the
public register.
- See also Air Emissions
- Authorisations under the Environmental Protection Act are starting
to be phased out and to be replaced by permits under the Pollution
Prevention and Control Act. Similar in many ways to authorisations,
permits can be more onerous in their requirements than authorisations,
especially for the more complex/polluting processes.
- For further details about application forms and for further
advice and information, see Permits under the
Pollution Prevention and Control Act.
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Chimney Height Approvals
- The Clean Air Act 1993 requires the heights of certain chimneys
to be approved. Installations in 'normal' domestic premises would
not normally need approval. Those requiring approval are those
serving furnaces, boilers of similar appliances that:
- Burn pulverized fuel;
- Burn, at a rate of 45.4 kg or more per hour, any other solid
matter, or;
- Burn at a rate equivalent to 366.4 kW or more, any liquid
or gaseous matter
- Due to the size of these furnaces this is only likely to apply
to industrial or commercial premises.
- This is in addition to any other permissions (such as planning
permission for example) that may also be required, and also applies
to replacements as well as to new installations.
- Application - Form
L34
- For help and guidance with determining the correct height for
your chimney, refer to: Chimney Heights, the 3rd edition of the
1956 Clean Air Act Memorandum (ISBN 0-11-751556-6) or contact
the Environmental Protection Team - telephone 020 8308 7629, or e-mail airquality@bexley.gov.uk
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Cooling Towers, etc. Notification
- Anyone operating a wet cooling tower or an evaporative condenser,
whether for air conditioning or process control or other reasons
is required to notify the local authority that they have this
equipment. The purpose of this is to help prevent the spread of
legionnaires disease if an outbreak should occur.
- Notification - Form
L06
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Cosmetic Piercing Registration
[including ear and body piercing]
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Dangerous Wild Animal Licence
- Persons wishing to keep a dangerous wild animal must first obtain
a licence from the local authority.
- Animals Covered by the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 include:
- Mammals
- Marsupials - Tasmanian devil, Grey
Kangaroo, Red Kangaroo, Wallaroo, Euro
- Primates - Tamarins, New World Monkeys
(Capuchin, Howler,Saki, Spider, Squirrel, Titi, Uakari,
Woolly and the Night Monkey), Old World Monkeys (Baboons,
Drill, Colobus Monkeys, Gelada, Guenons, Langurs, Leaf
Monkeys, Macaques, Mandrill, Mangebeys, Patas Monkey,
Proboscis Monkey and Talapoin), Leaping Lemurs (Indri,
Sifakas and Woolly lemur), Large Lemurs (except the Broad-nosed
and Grey Gentle Lemurs), Anthropoid Apes (Chimpanzees,
Gibbons, Gorilla, Orang-utan).
- Edentates - Sloths, the Giant Armadillo,
the Giant Anteater
- Rodents - North American Porcupine,
Capybara, Crested Porcupines
- Carnivores - Giant Panda, Red Panda,
Jacals, Wild Dogs, Wolves, Coyote. (except foxes, the
raccoon-dog and domestic dogs), Bobcat, Caracal, Cheetah,
Jaguar, Lion, Lynx, Ocelot, Puma, Serrval, Tiger and all
other cats (except domestic cat breeds), Hyaenas (except
the aardwolf), Badgers (except eurasian), Otters (except
eurasian), Tyra, Wolverine, Fisher, Ratel, Cacomistles,
Raccoons, Coatis, Olingos, Little Coatimundi, Kinkajou,
Bears, Civets, Binturong and the Fossa.
- Pinnipedes - The Walrus, Eared and
Earless Seals, Sealions (except the common and grey seals)
- Elephants
- Odd-toed Ungulates - Asses, Horses
and Zebras (except domesticated horses, hybrids and donkeys),
Rhinoceroses, Tapirs.
- Hyraxes - The Tree Hyrax and the Rock
Hyrax
- Aardvark
- Even-toed Ungulates- The Pronghorn,
Antelopes, Bison, Buffalo, Cattle, Gazelles, Goats, Sheep
Camels, Guanaco, Vicuna, Moose, Elk, Caribou, Reindeer,
Giraffe, Okapi, Hippopotamus, Pygmy Hippopotamus, Old
World Pigs (Wild Boar, Wart Hog), New World Pigs (Peccaries)
any hybrids of this list (except domesticated breeds).
- Birds - Cassowaries, Emu, Ostrich.
- Reptiles
- Crocodilians - Alligators, Caymans,
Crocodiles, the False Gharial, the Gharial (gavial)
- Lizards and snakes - Mole vipers, some
rear-fanged venomous snakes (the Moila, Montpellier, Sand,
Twig, Mangrove, Boomslang, Red-necked Keelback, Yamakagashi
snakes), some front-fanged venomous snakes (the Cobras,
Coral, Desert Black, Kraits, Mambas, Sea Snakes and all
Australian poisonous snakes (including death adders),
Adders, Barba Amarilla, Bushmaster, Copperhead, Ferde-lance,
Moccasins, Rattlesnakes and Vipers), the Gila Monster
and the Mexican Beaded Lizard.
- Invertebrates
- Spiders - Wandering, The Sydney funnel-web
(and relatives), Brazilian Wolf, Brown Recluse (Violin),
Black Widow (Redback and relatives) spiders.
- Scorpions - Buthid scorpions
- The purpose of this licence is to protect the health and welfare
of the animal and ensure its security.
- Application - Form
L03
- Conditions – Form
L20
- For new applications you will also require:
 RSPCA
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Dog Breeding Licence
- Persons who breed dogs and produce more than 5 litters per year
must be licensed.
- If you have any queries about the existence of a licence/registration,
etc. please e-mail health.safety@bexley.gov.uk.
- Application - Form
L02
- For new applications you will also require:
- Guidance & Conditions - Form
L19
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Explosives
- The manufacture or storage of explosives may require a licence or registration. A summary and guidance on the Manufacture and storage of Explosives regulations 2005 is available on the HSE website. In addition if you intend to sell fireworks outside of prescribed times you may need a separate licence - see below.
- If you wish to manufacture explosives, you will need to obtain a licence from the Health and Safety Executive.
- If you wish to store fireworks you are, subject to certain exemptions, required to register with Bexley Council.
- Guidance for applicants
- Application form for registration -
form L37 (for up to 250kg net explosive content)
- Application form for a store licence -
form L37A (for over 250kg but not exceeding 2000kg net explosive content)
- Completed forms should be sent to the Council along with the Fee payable. Please note that registrations and licences run from 1st September to 31st August. Fees will be adjusted proportionally if you apply after 1st September.
- If you wish to store other explosives, or need further information, please contact
 ts.duty@bexley.gov.uk
or telephone 020
8308 7627.
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Fireworks
- If you intend to sell fireworks other than during the following
periods you will require a licence under the Firework Regulations
2004:
- New year
- Chinese new year
- October 15th - November 10th
- Diwali
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Food Premises Registration
- All food businesses [i.e. Those who use premises for storing,
selling, distributing or preparing food, for more than 5 days
in any 5 consecutive weeks] must complete a registration form
and send it to the local authority at least 28 days before opening.
Changes to details must also be notified.
- A register of food business names and addresses is open to public
inspection at 2a Hadlow Road, Sidcup Kent.
- Registration - Form 08
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Game Dealers Licence
- Persons wishing to deal in or sell "game" [e.g. hares,
pheasants, partridge, and grouse] must hold a game dealers licence
available from the local authority. Game dealers must then obtain
an excise licence from the Post Office. All licences expire on
30th June each year.
- Application - Form
L04
- If you have any queries about the existence of a licence/registration,
etc. please e-mail health.safety@bexley.gov.uk.
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Hairdressers Registration
- Hairdressers and barbers must register their business with the
local authority. There is no fee for this process.
- Application - Form
L05
- Byelaws - Form
L13
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Performing Animals
- Anyone wishing to either train or exhibit an animal must be
registered with a local authority.
- Certificates of registration issued to trainers or exhibitors
of performing animals are sent to the Home Office. The Home Office
in turn are required by the Performing Animals Rules 1925 to make
copies of certificates available for public inspection.
- Application - Form
L07
- If you require further information please contact health.safety@bexley.gov.uk
or telephone 020 8308 7634.
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Permits under the Pollution Prevention
and Control Act
- The Pollution Prevention and Control Act applies a system of
integrated pollution prevention and control to a range of commercial
and industrial installations, and permits under this regime are
being phased in over the next few years to replace authorisations
granted under the Environmental Protection Act. The aim of the
regime is to achieve: "a high level of protection of the
environment taken as a whole by, in particular, preventing or,
where that is not practicable, reducing emissions into the air,
water and land".
- An application for a permit will need to show that a range of
environmental issues has been covered. The application must also
be advertised in the local press so that those interested in the
application have the opportunity to comment on it. Once a permit
has been issued, the operator has to carry out monitoring to demonstrate
that they are complying with the conditions attached to the permit.
Regulators can also carry out their own monitoring and inspections,
and have a range of enforcement powers. As with the Environmental
Protection Act, the majority of installations covered by this
Act within the Bexley Council area only have significant emissions
to air, and are regulated by the Council.
- A public register containing information about installations
within the borough is available for inspection free of charge
at the offices of the Public Protection Service at 2a Hadlow Road,
Sidcup, during normal office hours. The Council also keeps copies
of documents on behalf of the Environment Agency on the public
register.
- Application - Form
L26 - for all processes except small waste oil burners if
the emissions from the installation are into air only.
- Application - Form
L27 - for small waste burners of net rated thermal input of
<0.4 megawatts.
- Application forms for permits are also available from the Environment
Agency.
- Guidance is available on the following subjects:
- Applications - Form
L28
- Applications for small waste oil burners (less than 0.4
MW) - Form
L30
- Newspaper adverts - Form
L31
- Statutory consultees - Form
L32
- A list of the pollutants covered by the IPPC regime - Form
L33
- For further advice and guidance on environmental issues, and
ideas that may save your business both energy and money, visit
Environwise.
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Pet Shops Licence
- Anyone selling pet animals must hold a licence from the local
authority. Pet animals include any vertebrate animals - fish,
amphibian, reptile, bird or mammal.
- Pet animals may only be sold from permanent premises. They cannot
be sold from a stall in a market for instance.
- The sale of pet animals can give rise to great public feeling
and concern. For this reason we place great emphasis on high standards
for the conditions of the premises and animal welfare. Experience
has shown that the sale of dogs and cats gives rise to more problems
than with other types of animals and that fish, amphibians and
reptiles give rise to the least. We have therefore adopted a risk-based
scheme where we categorise pet shops according to the types of
animals that they care for and sell. Depending on the category
they will be inspected at least 1, 2, or 4 times per year. Different
fees are set for each category of pet shop.
- Category 1 - these sell only fish, amphibians and/or reptiles.
This category of pet shop is inspected annually.
- Category 2 - these can sell category 1 animals plus birds
and/or small mammals. These pet shops are inspected twice
per year.
- Category 3 - these can sell category 1 and 2 animals, plus
dogs and/or cats. These are inspected 4 times per year.
- If you have any queries about the existence of a licence/registration,
etc. please e-mail health.safety@bexley.gov.uk.
- Application - Form
L08
- For new applications you will also require:
- Guidance & Conditions - Form
L21
- If you require further information please contact health.safety@bexley.gov.uk
or telephone 020 8308 7634.
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Poisons
- The local authority must register any persons that wish to sell
certain poisons for example certain kettle de-scalers and drain
cleaners containing ammonia, and weed killers, such as paraquat.
The sale of poisons is prohibited unless the seller is a retail
pharmacist or a person who has his name on the local authority's
list entitling him to sell poisons from the premises named. Pharmacists,
the only persons allowed to sell poisons listed in Part 1, are
required to keep a Poisons Book in which certain information relating
to each sale of a poison must be entered before delivery to the
purchaser.
- Application - Form
L24
- If you require further information please contact ts.duty@bexley.gov.uk
or telephone 020 8308 7627.
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Riding Establishments Licence
- Anyone letting out horses for hire, or providing riding tuition,
is required to hold a riding establishment licence.
- The Council's Veterinary Officer inspects these premises at
least annually. They may also be subject to separate inspections
by health and safety inspectors.
- If you have any queries about the existence of a licence/registration,
etc. please e-mail health.safety@bexley.gov.uk.
- Application - Form
L09
- For new applications you will also require:
- Conditions - Form
L22
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Sale of Goods by Competitive
Bidding
- The Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1984 requires
any premises used for the holding of Auctions and other sales
by Competitive bidding to be registered with the Local Authority.
- If you require further information please contact ts.duty@bexley.gov.uk
telephone 020 8308 7627.
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Scrap Metal
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Special Treatment
- These are invasive treatments that may pose a hazard to public
health and safety from infection and/or physical injury. They
therefore require close control to ensure that adequate safeguards
are in place including knowledgeable practitioners, infection
control procedures, advice on post treatment care, waste disposal
and insurance in case things go wrong.
- Bexley Council controls these businesses through a registration
system introduced under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1982. This authority has not adopted the licensing provisions
of the London Local Authorities Act 1991.
- Under the current scheme operated by Bexley Council the premises
where the treatments take place, and the persons carrying out
the individual treatments, must be registered. A registered person
may carryout treatments at any registered premises.
- Application - Form
L10
- The Council has produced byelaws setting out the basic standards
that apply in these premises. Different sets of byelaws apply
to the different practices:
- If you require further information please contact health.safety@bexley.gov.uk
or telephone 020 8308 7634.
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Sunday Trading Notification
- There is no longer a need for Large shops [ie. those of over
280 m2 public sales area] to provide prior notification
to the local authority of their intention to open on Sundays.
However they are still subject to a restriction on their hours
of opening. Large shops may only open on a Sunday for a maximum
period of 6 hours which must be between 10am and 6pm. They may
not open where the Sunday is Easter Day or Christmas Day.
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