Applications for licences/permits for - scrap metal.
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The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 requires that all persons or businesses defined by the Act as a scrap metal dealer, register with their local authority.
Any person who operates as a scrap metal dealer or who maintains a scrap metal store within the Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council area is required to provide particulars of their business to us and to apply for registration.
Contact Details
All enquiries should be made to:
Business Regulation and Support
Planning and Public Protection
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
Town Hall
Coton Road
Nuneaton
CV11 5AA
Phone: 024 7637 6402
Fax: 024 7637 6214
Who is required to register?
A scrap metal dealer shall be classed as carrying on a business in the Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council area if any of the following apply:
- The dealer occupies a place as a scrap metal store in the area
- The dealer does not occupy a place as a scrap metal store but has a usual place of residence in the area
- The dealer does not occupy a place as a scrap metal store but occupies a place for business purposes
A person carries on business as a scrap metal dealer if he/she carries on a business which consists wholly or partly of buying and selling scrap metal, whether scrap metal sold is in the form in which it was bought or otherwise, other than a business in the course of which scrap metal is not bought except as materials for the manufacture of other articles and is not sold except as a by-product of such manufacture or as surplus materials bought but not required for such manufacture
How to Apply
Contact the Business Regulation and Support Team for a form or download and complete the form below and submit this to the Team via the contact details given above.
There is no fee for the registration.
The registration is renewable every 3 years. To arrange renewal you must apply at least 28 days prior to the expiry of the registration.
Applicants must provide the following:
- Their full name
- The address of the dealer, or in the case of a company, their registered or principal office
- The address of each place occupied as a scrap metal store, if any
- If the business is carried on without a scrap metal store
- If the business is carried on without a scrap metal store but the applicant occupies a place for the purposes of business, and the address of such a place
The Council must be notified within 28 days of any alteration to a registered person’s or business’s particulars or if the business ceases to operate.
How long will it take to process the application?
You will normally receive a certificate of registration within 14 days. If you have not heard from the Council after this time please contact us using the contact details provided above. If you have not heard from the Council you cannot start to operate. It is in the public interest that the authority must process your application before it can be granted.
If I am refused registration how do I appeal?
Please contact Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council using the contact details above in the first instance.
Consumer Complaint
We would always advise that in the event of a complaint the first contact is made with the trader by you - preferably in the form a letter (with proof of delivery). If that has not worked, if you are located in the UK, Consumer Direct will give you advice. From outside the UK contact the UK European Consumer Centre.
Is there a register?
There is a register of scrap metal dealers. This may be viewed at the Town Hall, Coton Road, Nuneaton, CV11 5AA. To arrange this please contact the Business Regulation and Support Team using the contact details provided above.
Trade Associations British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA)
How to Apply
- An application form must be submitted to register.
- There is no fee for this licence.
- It is renewable every 3 years.
