Licensing and gambling

Apply for a driver, vehicle or operator taxi licence, tell us about a change, report an accident or apply to be on the hackney carriage waiting list.

Find out what you'll need to apply for, or renew, HMO (mandatory or additional) or selective licensing and start your application.

Apply for a licence to display advertising or have tables and chairs outside your business.

Find out what you need a highway licence for, who can apply, and how to check if something has one.

Unmanned aircraft and drones are licensed by the Civil Aviation Authority.

Advice about licensing for metal detecting from the National Council for Metal Detecting.

Find out how much your animal business licence will cost.

You need a licence if your business breeds dogs, either at home or in a commercial property.

You may need a licence if your business keeps animals to show to an audience, like at schools or private parties.

You need a licence if your business sells animals as pets, or if they'll be resold as pets in the future.

You may need a licence if your business provides accommodation for other people's cats or dogs.

You need a riding establishment licence if your business provides horses for riding, like riding schools or donkey rides.

Apply for a licence to run a zoo as a business in the city, renew your licence or make a change to an existing licence.

You need a licence to keep any animal listed in the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976.

What you need to know when you or someone else applies to licence a premises for alcohol, music, dancing or sports, and how to comment on them

Read our Statement of Licensing Policy.

How to make any changes to an existing premises licence.

You must be a personal licence holder to be the designated premises supervisor on a premises licence to authorise the sale of alcohol (unless covered by a temporary event notice).

Short-term licensing of your premises for alcohol, music, dancing or sports.

Help making a representation about a licensing application or requesting a licence review.

How to surrender a Premises Licence by notifying us in writing.

Section 178 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows for a right of freeholder to be notified of licensing matters.

How to ask us to give an age rating to a film.

View applications received on a weekly basis in the Public Register.

Read about the Statement of Licensing Policy 2026 to 2031 consultation.