Buckinghamshire Council Scrap Metal Licensing Policy consultation

Overview

We want to hear your views on our draft Scrap Metal Licensing Policy for Buckinghamshire Council.

As the Licensing Authority, we regulate the collection, buying and selling of scrap metal.

All scrap metal dealers in Buckinghamshire must obtain a licence from us. There are 2 types, which last for 3 years:

• a site licence is required for premises used for the purposes of buying and selling scrap metal and may include motor salvage operators
• a collectors’ licence is required by persons who carry on a business as a scrap metal dealer other than at a site
  • collectors typically carrying out door to door collections of scrap metal

A dealer cannot hold both a site and mobile collectors’ licence with Buckinghamshire Council.

Draft Buckinghamshire Council Scrap Metal Licensing Policy

The draft policy sets out:

• the legal requirements, regulations and guidance relevant to applicants, licence holders and officers working with scrap metal licensing
• the application process
• our approach to enforcing licensed and unlicensed activities
• our approach to scrap metal licensing fees

The draft policy aims to ensure:

• there is fairness and consistency for scrap metal dealers
• persons operating scrap licence businesses are compliant with legislation
• action is taken where there is evidence of unlicensed sites

The policy will cover the Buckinghamshire Council area. It will replace any scrap metal licensing policies from the previous district councils.

Related documents and links

Before you respond to this consultation, please have a look at the following documents and links:

• Draft Buckinghamshire Council Scrap Metal Licensing Policy (0.26MB)
• Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013: supplementary guidance
• Determining suitability to hold a scrap metal dealer’s licence
• Scrap Metal Dealer Act 2013: licence fee charges

How to have your say

You can tell us your views in one of the following ways:

• complete the online survey using the link at the end of this page
• complete, and return, a printed version of the survey (0.23MB)
• email us at licensing@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
• write to us at Scrap Metal Licensing Policy consultation, Licensing Services, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, HP19 8FF

If you have any questions about this consultation, please email us at licensing@buckinghamshire.gov.uk or phone us on 01296 585605.

Please tell us your views by midnight on Sunday 13 August 2023.

What happens next

We will use your responses to develop the final Buckinghamshire Council Scrap Metal Licensing Policy.

The policy will then be presented for approval and adoption by the end of 2023.

We will review the policy every 5 years.

Privacy

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If you have questions about data and privacy, please email us on dataprotection@buckinghamshire.gov.uk. Or write to our Data Protection Officer at Buckinghamshire Council, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, HP19 8FF.