Licences

Where a person uses or hires a boat to carry for reward, 12 or fewer persons for pleasure, recreational, educational or sporting purposes, a Boat Hire Licence is required.

To run a caravan and camping site, you need a licence from the local authority. The number of caravans permitted on the site will be specified on the licence along with other specific conditions which are designed to provide adequate standards of amenities, facilities to users and more importantly to protect their health and safety.

To work as a private hire driver in Argyll and Bute, you need a licence from the Local Authority.

Building Standards Certificate (Raised Structure)

If you need to erect scaffolding over the road or footway - you must complete and read the necessary application forms.

If you need to place a builders skip on the road or footway you must complete and read the necessary application forms.

A licence is required 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 or other temporary furniture outside a restaurant or cafe for patrons to use whilst consuming food and drink.

A street trader licence is needed by any person who carries on street trading, to any person in a public place in or from a vehicle, kiosk or moveable stall, whether on their own account or as an employee.

To work as a taxi or private hire car business in Argyll and Bute, you need a licence from the Local Authority.

To work as a window cleaner in Argyll and Bute, you need a licence from the local authority.