What is Street Trading?
Street Trading is defined as: The selling or offering for sale of any article in the street. This includes food such as burgers, kebabs, doughnuts etc. or other things such as household items or flowers.
All streets in the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane are designated as Consent Streets. This means that any person who wishes to sell items from a trailer or stall in a street must first obtain a Street Trading Consent from Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council.
Food traders must also be registered with their local Environmental Health Department.
If you wish to trade on an area of private land, please speak to the licensing team first as a Street Trading Consent may still be required.
Exemptions
You do not need a Street Trading Consent if you are:
- Trading as a Pedlar under licence issued by a Police Authority
- A market trader operating at a licensed market venue
- A news vendor selling only newspapers and periodicals
