Pavement

Pavement licences 

You need a pavement licence if your business wants to place furniture on the highway to sell or serve food and drink or allow it to be used to eat food or drink supplied from, or in connection with your premises.

A pavement licence permits the placing of:

• counters, or stalls for selling or serving food or drink
• tables, counters or shelves on which food or drink can be placed
• chairs, benches or other forms of seating
• umbrellas, barriers, heaters and other articles used in connection with the outdoor consumption of food or drink

Submission of the Application

• you can apply for a pavement licence by completing the application form available on our website on the licensing webpage and this should be submitted via email, together with the following to licensing@spelthorne.gov.uk  the required fee of £500 for New Applications and £350 for Renewal Applications (click on the green button below to pay, click other payments, then environmental health and select pavement licence), paid by credit or debit card, together with the receipt for the payment
  
  
  Pay for your Pavement Licence
• proof of the applicants identity and right to work
• a plan showing the location of the premises shown by a red line, so the application site can be clearly identified
• a plan clearly showing the proposed area covered by the licence in relation to the highway, if not to scale, with measurements clearly shown.  The plan must show the positions and number of the proposed tables and chairs, together with any other items to be placed on the highway wish to place on the highway. The plan shall include clear measurements of, for example, pathway width/length, building width and any other fixed item in the proposed area
• the proposed days of the week on which, and the times of day between which, it is proposed to put furniture on the highway
• photos or brochures showing the proposed type of furniture and information on potential siting of it within the area applied
• (if applicable) reference of existing pavement licence currently under consideration by the local authority
• evidence that the applicant has met the requirement to give notice of the application (for example photographs of the notice outside the premises and of the notice itself)
•  a copy of a current certificate of insurance that covers the activity for third party and public liability risks, to a minimum value of £10 million
• any other evidence needed to demonstrate how the Council's local conditions, and any national conditions will be satisfied

If you send an incomplete application, we will reject it and you will have to start the process again. The statutory consultation period starts when we receive your complete application.

Pavement licence application form

Complete the application form below and email it to licensing@spelthorne.gov.uk along with all required supporting documentation. You can also use the email above for any queries you may have.

Site notice for a pavement licence

On the day you submit your application for a pavement licence, you must fix a notice of the application to the premises. The notice needs to be visible and must be easily read by members of the public who are not on the premises.

The notice must remain in place until the end of the 14 days (excluding public holidays) public consultation period which starts on the day after you have made a complete and valid application. If you fail to display the notice for the required period of time, the application will be refused.

Next steps following an application

Once you submit your application and information to us, we have 28 days from the day after the application is made (excluding public holidays) to consult on and determine the application.

• 14 calendar days for public consultation
• 14 calendar days to consider and determine the application after the consultation

Public consultations

To make a representation or object to an application for a pavement licence, email licensing@spelthorne.gov.uk within the consultation period giving clear reasons why you object to the application, or part of the application.