Licensing types | Shropshire Council

We're the licensing authority for the administrative area of Shropshire Council, responsible for the following areas...

Alcohol and entertainment

Temporary event notices, personal and premises licences.

Dangerous wild animals, kennels / catteries, dog breeding, performing animals, pet shops, riding stables and zoos.

Including acupuncture, tattooing, cosmetic piercing, electrolysis, semi-permanent and skin colouring.

Street trading, pavement trading and house to house collections.

Bingo halls, casinos, gaming machines, small lotteries and racecourses.

Caravan sites and site operators.

Storage and sale of explosives and fireworks.

Scrap metal dealers and operatives in the motor salvage trade.

This includes sex shops, sex cinemas and sexual entertainment venues in Shropshire.

For hackney carriages, private hire vehicles, private hire operators and hackney carriage/private hire drivers (joint drivers licence).

Distribution of printed matter.