Licensing Service

Our contact details:
Citywide Services
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
PO Box 2452
Hanley Town Hall
Albion Street
Hanley
Stoke-on-Trent
ST1 1XP

Telephone: 01782 232774
Fax: 01782 232773
Email: regulatory.services@stoke.gov.uk

Opening times

Our Licensing Service is based in the Community Services Directorate and is responsible for regulating and licensing a wide range of activities including :

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicles,
• Personal and Premises licenses,
• Sex Shops,
• Street Collections,
• Lotteries and Raffles and
• Motor Salvage. 

Please follow the links on the left for more information and application forms. You can find a list of all of our fees and charges by following the link on the right of the page. To read the files you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. 

You can search our public register of licensed people and premises by following the link under 'quick links' on the right.

We are now responsible for duties under the Licensing Act 2003, please click here for more information about the Licensing Act 2003 and how it will affect you.

Some of our customers have asked us to tell them about the licensing divisions meetings, committees and panels - and what meetings they can attend.  Follow this link to see a list of the forthcoming meetings and committees. Look for the Licensing and Consumer Protection Committee, Licensing and Registration Panel and the Licensing Sub-Committee.

We are updating our licence application forms to make them available as either downloadable forms to print and return to us, or as forms that can be filled in on-line.

The downloadable forms will all be available in Adobe Acrobat format.