Licences

Any person or organisation selling animals as pets (or with the expectation of their being later resold as pets) in the course of a business including keeping animals in the course of a business with a view to their being so sold or resold.

The law around short-term lets changed on 1 October 2022.
You must obtain a licence from your local council to operate a short-term let property in Scotland. Argyll and Bute has a licence scheme in place for short term lets, as required by Scottish Government legislation. When you apply for a short-term let licence, to avoid it being refused, you must ensure your application contains all the required information.
New hosts are required to obtain a short-term let licence before accepting bookings or receiving guests.

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

The Society in question must be set up for non-commercial purposes e.g sports, cultural or charitable and must not be used for personal gain.

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 run any form of skin piercing or tattooing business including acupuncture, ear and body piercing and electrolysis (whether from premises or leased premises/room), a licence must be obtained from your local authority.

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.