Street collection licence - Licences and permissions

If you would like to collect money or sell items on the street or in a public place for charity you will need to apply for a street collection licence.

Street collections are available on the following days:

• Bromyard - Saturday and Friday
• Hereford - Saturday and Wednesday
• Kington - Saturday and Tuesday
• Ledbury - Saturday and Tuesday
• Leominster - Saturday and Friday
• Ross-on-Wye - Saturday and Thursday

Street collection licence on GOV.UK

Charities Act 1992

There are no fees for this licence.

Apply for a licence

You will also need to provide:

• A copy of the Charity Commission website showing your charity and
• If collecting on behalf of a charity, a letter of authorisation from the charity supporting your collection on their behalf

Supply a return for a street collection

We will not process the application unless you have produced:

• A copy of the Charity Commission website showing your charity
• AND If collecting on behalf of a charity, a letter of authorisation from the charity supporting your collection on their behalf

We aim to process your application within 20 days of receiving it.

You will be able to act as though your application is granted if you have not heard from us by the end of the 20 day period.

• Telephone: 01432 261761 (All calls are dealt with by our contact centre staff and are allocated to an officer who will take action on the service request between one to ten working days)
• Email: licensing@herefordshire.gov.uk
• Address: Herefordshire Council, Licensing Department, Plough Lane, Hereford HR4 0LE - for correspondence only
  There is no reception open to the general public in respect of licensing at Plough Lane and staff have no access or ability to photocopy applications or documents.
  You should send applications or documents by email to licensing@herefordshire.gov.uk

Emails to the department are allocated to the appropriate staff member who will take action between one to ten working days.
If you have not had a response before the 10 working days have expired please do not contact us again, as it may further delay a response. Please also ensure you have quoted your licence or taxi licence reference number or given your address in your call/email.
Sending repeat or chaser emails will not prompt a quicker response and may result in a back log of emails and a possible further delay.

Thank you for your understanding.