Scrap metal dealer licence
Scrap metal dealer licence
How to buy and renew a scrap metal dealer licence.
All businesses that buy and sell scrap metal must have a scrap metal dealer licence.
This includes those who operate from sites and those who collect door to door such as itinerant scrap metal dealers.
You should read our scrap metal dealers licence guide (pdf, 207KB) (opens new window) before applying for a licence.
Apply for scrap metal dealer licence
Apply for scrap metal dealer licence online
You’ll need:
- debit or credit card
- Basic Disclosure Certificate
You can also use our scrap metal dealer licence application form (word doc, 65KB) (opens new window) if you want apply by post or in person.
If applying by post or in person you can pay by cheque. Cheques should made out to Bristol City Council.
Fees
The fees for scrap metal dealer licence are:
- Site Licence: £603
- Additional sites: £88
- Collectors Licence: £562
- Variation of Licence: £67
- Replacement or copy licence: £15.50
The licence will last for three years, unless surrendered or revoked.
Basic Disclosure Certificate
You can apply for a Basic Disclosure Certificate at the Disclosure and Barring Service.
You’ll need Basic Disclosure Certificate for:
- the applicant and any person listed on the application form
- site managers, if applying for a site licence
- each partner, if a partnership
- any company director(s), shadow director(s) and company secretary, if a company
The Basic Disclosure Certificate should be no more than 6 months old when you apply for a scrap metal dealer licence.
Tacit consent
Tacit consent will not apply. It’s in the public interest that we must process your application before it can be granted. If you’ve not heard from us within a reasonable period, please contact us. The application period is 60 days.
Renew your scrap dealer licence
Complete and return a new scrap dealer licence application one month before your current licence finishes.
Change your scrap dealer licence details
You can change your scrap dealer licence details online.
Applicant complaints
Please contact us in the first instance.
Licence holder redress
Please contact us in the first instance.
Consumer complaint
We would always advise that in the event of a complaint the first contact is made with the trader by you - preferably in the form a letter (with proof of delivery).
If that has not worked, if you are located in the UK, the Citizens Advice consumer service will give you advice. From outside the UK contact the UK European Consumer Centre.
EUGO (European Union Go) gives service providers and entrepreneurs from the EU (European Union) and EEA (European Economic Area) the information and support they need to set up or do business in other EU or EEA markets. Central EUGO website portal.
Elsewhere on the web
- British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA Go to http://www.recyclemetals.org/ (opens new window)
- Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 Go to http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/10/enacted (opens new window)
- International Aluminium Institute Go to http://www.world-aluminium.org/ (opens new window)
- International Lead Association Go to http://www.ila-lead.org/ (opens new window)
- Enforcement and Regulatory Services Customer Satisfaction Survey (survey monkey) Go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EARSCustomerSatisfactionSurvey (opens new window)
Contact information
Licensing Team
100 Temple Street
Bristol City Council
PO Box 3399
Bristol, BS1 9NE
Opening Hours
Drop in hours at Citizen Service Point, 100 Temple Street:
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9am to 5pm
- Wednesday: 10am to 5pm
Office address
Citizen Service Point
100 Temple Street
Bristol
BS1 6AG
Email: licensing@bristol.gov.uk