Content tagged with: licence

• Licensing Public Notices

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/business-investment/licensing-public-notices

  Below are details of all ongoing applications which are subject to public consultation.

• Social Housing Regulation

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/housing-standards

  April 2024 saw the implementation of a new consumer-focused regime to ensure the voice of residents is heard and to rebalance the relationship between tenant and Registered Social Landlords. A key element of this is that landlords need to demonstrate that tenants have been involved at every level of decision-making.

• Licence for Streetworks (Section 50 licence)

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/transport-streets-parking/licence-for-street-works-aka-section-50-licence

  Any person or organisation wishing to excavate in the public highway not being a statutory undertaker must obtain a licence under Section 50 of the New Roads and Streetworks Act 1991

• Pavement Licence for Alfresco purposes in Doncaster issued under the Business & Planning Act 2020

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/business-investment/temporary-pavement-licence-for-alfresco-purposes-in-doncaster

  The Government made the pavement licensing regime permanent under the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023, which came into effect on 31 March 2024.

• Consent for the distribution of free literature

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/business-investment/consent-for-the-distribution-of-free-literature

  Schedule 3A to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 enables the council to designate highways and council owned land where the distribution of free printed matter is permitted only with the prior consent of the council.

• Section 171 - Licence to deposit building materials or excavate in the street

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/transport-streets-parking/licence-to-deposit-building-materials-excavate-in-the-street

  To place building materials and/or to make an excavation on any part of the highway a licence must be obtained from the Council

• Licence for highway projection

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/transport-streets-parking/licence-for-highway-projection

  A licence is required for anything that may protrude/project over a public highway.

• Landlord Licensing

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/landlord-licences

  To rent out properties in Doncaster you may need a licence. The license you need will depend on the location, type, size and number of people living in the property.

• Hackney Carriage Vehicle

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/business-investment/hackney-carriage-vehicle

  Taxis have been licensed for over 150 years – the legislation for hackney carriages pre dates the invention of the motor car dating back to 1847 – and private hire vehicles were first licensed almost 40 years ago.

• Private Hire Vehicle

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/business-investment/private-hire-vehicle

  The main Acts of Parliament covering the licensing of Private Hire Vehicles are contained in Part II of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.