Street Trading

Street Trading Licences will be granted based upon the ‘criteria for the award of street trading licences’.

Please note there are a limited number of trading spaces available. The application fee is non-refundable regardless of whether your application for a Temporary Street Trading License is successful or not.

Public Notice-Street Trading - St Patrick’s Day, Hill Street, Newry

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council are inviting applications for street trading at Hill Street, Newry, on St Patrick’s Day, Friday 17 March 2023.

Applications for a Temporary Street Trading Licence will only be accepted from Monday 23 January 2023, 9am.  Closing date for receipt of completed applications is Friday 3 February 2023, 4pm.  Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Street Trading Licences will be granted based upon the ‘criteria for the award of street trading licences’. 

Please note there are a limited number of trading spaces available.

A Temporary Street Trading Application Form is available to download below along with other relevant information:

• Street Trading Criteria
• Banned Goods and Generator Information
• St Patrick’s Day, Newry Street Trading Pitches
• Street Trading Application Form (For Licence) 

The completed application form and relevant documentation should be returned to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, Licensing Section, Enterprise Regeneration and Tourism Department, O’Hagan House, Monaghan Row, Newry, BT35 8DJ with a cheque or postal order, for the appropriate application fee, to be made payable to ‘Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’. 

E: licensing@nmandd.org

T: 0330 137 4030

How to Apply

A Temporary Street Trading Application Form is available to download here

Completed Application Forms

The completed application form and relevant documentation should be returned to the address below with a cheque or postal order, for the appropriate application fee to be made payable to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Licensing Section
Enterprise Regeneration and Tourism Department
O'Hagan House
Monaghan Row
Newry, BT35 8DJ

For more information please email: licensing@nmandd.org

The Street Trading Act (Northern Ireland) 2001

What is Street Trading?

Street trading is selling any goods, or supplying a service in a street or public place.  A Street Trading Licence is required to sell goods in a public place.

What is Not Street Trading?

The following are some activities, which are not street trading for the purposes of the Street Trading Act:

• Rounds men such as milk men, bread men, coal men, etc
• traders who sell items or provide services on a door-to-door basis
• trading at or adjoining premises used as a petrol filling station
• trading at or adjoining premises used as a shop – provided it forms part of the business of the premises, and it takes place during the time when the premises are open to the public for business
• the activity must not obstruct the footpath.

Types of Street Trading

• stationary – for example, hot food, fish, plants and shrubs, a Stationary Trading Licence is required where the trading is carried out at a fixed location at regular times and days
• a Stationary Licence is only issued for a site or area, which has been designated for the purposes of street trading
• ·mobile – for example, ice-cream, a Mobile Trading Licence is required when a trader calls to an area and sells to customers for a short time and then moves on to the next area
• temporary – for example, festivals
• a Temporary licence may be issued for 1-7 days.  A total of five Temporary Licences may only be issued to the same trader in any year.

Enforcement Action Against Illegal Traders

Any person trading illegally may be prosecuted with a maximum fine of £1,000 and may have goods seized.

Street Trading Fees

Cheques should be made payable to: Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Street Trading Policies

Click here for Temporary Street Trading Policy
Click here for Stationary Licence Policy
Click here for Mobile Licence Policy
Click here for Street Trading Designation Policy
Click here for Enforcement Policy
Click here for Dealing with Changed Circumstances Policy
Click here for Stall Design and Trading Policy

How to Apply

Application forms can be obtained by clicking in the downloads section below or from the Council's Downpatrick or Newry offices at the following addresses:

T: 0330 137 4030