Street Trading
Street Trading is defined as: The selling or offering for sale of any article in the street.
This includes food for example burgers, kebabs, doughnuts chips and other things such as household items, flowers or Christmas Trees.
Street Trading Service - Open for business
We control street trading across the Mendip District Council area. If you wish to trade in our area you must have our consent to trade, unless you are covered by a statutory or local exemption (as laid out in our 
Street Trading Policy [778.31KB]).
To obtain the consent of the Council to trade you must submit the completed
application form [323.72KB], pay the
application fee [100.35KB] and satisfy all relevant requirements. There is also a
Public Notice [180.22KB] to be displayed at the site. The application form includes guidance on the process for applicants and those persons that have an interest in an application. The policy and guidance tell applicants the minimum time period they must allow for us to process an application.
Please allow sufficient time for an application to be determined.
Council Agrees to Implementation of Street Trading Controls
Full Council approved the proposals for implementing Street Trading controls across the Mendip district area at its meeting on 26th September 2016. The Members voted in favour of the following:-
1. Approving the
Street Trading Policy [778.31KB].
2. Approving the schedule of
charges [100.35KB] for the service.
3. Confirming the Council's intention to designate all streets in the Mendip district area as consent streets under street trading control.
4. Rescinding any existing designations of streets.
Click below to view and comment on a street trading application:
