- Name
- Scrap metal dealers licence
- Summary
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If you're a scrap metal dealer in Herefordshire you must hold either a site or mobile collector's licence, issued by us.
- A site licence can be for multiple sites within our area
- A mobile collector's licence (separate licences will be required for each council area where collections take place)
You must display the licence at the site or on the mobile collector's vehicle.
- About this licence
- Legislation
- Fees
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Licence Fee 2025/26 Collector licence grant/renewal £641 Site licence grant or renewal - 1 site £746 Site licence grant or renewal - 2 sites £1121 Site licence grant or renewal - 3 sites £1502 Site licence grant or renewal - 4 sites £1880 Site licence grant or renewal - 5 sites £2254 Variation (site/collector) £180 Change of business name £22 Transfer £56 Variation £261 plus £243 if committee/panel hearing required Copy of licence £22 - Application and guidance notes
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You may need to provide the following with your application:
- A waste management licence or a hazardous waste licence from the Environment Agency
- Registration of the business with the Health and Safety Executive
- Planning permission for the use of any premises in connection with the business
- Register
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Contact us to view the public register.
- Complaints
- Contact us in the first instance.
- Contact details
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If you wish to speak to a licensing officer the opening times are 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm.
- 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 five working days)
- Email: licensing@herefordshire.gov.uk
- Address: Licensing Section, Herefordshire Council, Plough Lane, Hereford HR4 0LE