Licensing - General Information

The law requires that certain activities have to be Licensed or Registered before they can take place.

For further information relating to the registration, licensing or the issuing of permits relating to:

• 'A' Boards and Display of Goods on the Highway
• Door Supervisors
• Gambling (under the Gambling Act 2005)
• House to House Collections
• Markets
• Street (Pavement) Cafés
• Premises and Personal Licences (issued under the Licensing Act 2003)
• Private Hire or Taxis (Hackney Carriage)
• Sex Establishment Licence
• Sports Grounds
• Street Collections
• Street Trading

Tel: 01628 683840 or email licensing@rbwm.gov.uk

For further information relating to the registration, licensing or the issuing of permits relating to:

• Animal Licensing

Animal Boarding Establishments
Breeding of Dogs
Dangerous Wild Animals
Riding Establishments
Performing Animals
Pet Shops
Zoo Licensing

• Cooling Towers Registration
• Fairs
• Food Stalls
• Game Dealing
• Hairdressers and Barbers Registration
• OSR1 Registration (Office, Shops and Railways) 
• Skin Piercing
• Tattooing

Tel: 01628 683820 or email env.health@rbwm.gov.uk or visit Environmental Health

For further information relating to the licensing or the issuing of permits relating to:

• Placing a skip or other building materials on a public highway,
• Banners over the highway:

Tel: 01628 683800 or email streetcare@rbwm.gov.uk

If you intend holding a Car Boot Sale you must notify the Council as you may need a permit or other permission.

Tel: 01628 796043 (Maidenhead)
Tel: 01628 683585 (Windsor)