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If you wish to place building materials on any part of the highway permission is required from Hertfordshire Highways. A licence is not normally necessary if materials are placed on private land.
A Licence to hold a car boot sale is not required in Hertsmere.
Registration of premises used for a food business (including market stalls, delivery vehicles and other moveable structures) is required by law.
When carrying out any building work/maintenance or removal of any part of a property which is adjacent to the public highway (road, pavement or rear lane), the safety of all users of the highway must be paramount.
The dealing in scrap metal or the running of a scrap metal business is controlled by the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964.
You are not required to hold a licence to trade in second hand goods within Hertsmere.
A licence must be obtained from the Highway Authority if you wish to place a skip on the highway.
A licence is required from Hertfordshire Highways to use a portion of a public street, road or place for the sale of food and drink and for the placing of tables, chairs and other furniture outside a restaurant or cafe for patrons to use whilst consuming food and drink.
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.
Following the introduction of the Sunday Trading Act in 1994 there have been no restrictions on shopping hours - apart from Sundays. All shops are now able to open without restrictions between Monday and Saturday.