How To Get Car Boot Sale Licence In London
Do you have something spare in your storage room? Are there children toys, garments, shoes, jewellery or small electrical items lying uselessly around? If yes, then you can probably sell them on the streets of London or in designated areas using a car boot sale. Car boot sale refers to selling items in your car’s boot or trunk. Most of the car boot sellers earn enough money to serve their livings. You can also sell any new item you wish to, but to host a car boot sale you need to get a car boot sales license from the local authorities as selling items in your car’s boot without a license is a criminal offence and you can end up paying hundreds of pounds as fine. Therefore, if you wish to host a car boot sale in London then you should consider the following points in order to get the car boot sale license.
Instructions
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Conditions
Car boot sale license is only issued when an applicant meets certain conditions and some important conditions are given below.
- One month notice of intent
- Site of the sale must be cleaned after the closure of the sale
- Maximum of 50 cars per car boot sale are allowed
- The minimum fee for a car boot sale is £30.00, and if the cars are more than 20 then each car will incur an extra amount of £1.50.
- The council has a right to invalidate the car boot sale on certain grounds
- The council will limit only 3 events per year
- The site of the sale should be large enough to host the stall holders' and customers' cars
- Traders are not allowed to sell on Sundays
- Musical equipment should not be placed near any residential area. -
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Application
In order to host a car boot sale in London, only the local authority or borough council has the right to issue a license. There are some boroughs that do not require a car boot sale license whereas some don’t allow car boot sales at all, while others have sub legislations to allow the car boot sales. In order to apply for a car boot sale license, you need to find your local authority first. -
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Find the local council
First thing you need is to find the appropriate local council where you want to host a car boot sale. For that, visit direct Gov.and search for the local borough by submitting the post code of your area. -
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Contact the local council for form or apply online
Once you are done with identifying the local borough, it’s time to contact them. Contact them by making use of the contact details you get from direct Gov. or you can visit the website of the local authority and then search for the term car boot sale in the designated search area. It will come up with the car boot sale option. Open it and read the instructions that are given to fill or submit your application. -
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Do it offline
Call the local borough and ask them to send you an application form for car boot sale licensing. Fill that form and then send it back to the address provided on the form.
