Services
- Licences for businesses
- Employment byelaws for children and young people
- Licence - Knife Dealer
- Licences window cleaners - business
- Licences - Booking Offices
- Licences - Hackney carriage (taxi)
- Licences - Hackney carriage (taxi) driver
- Licences - Hire Car Enforcement
- Licences - credit provider
- Licences - door-to-door metal dealers
- Licences - markets
- Licences - private hire driver
- Licences - private hire vehicle operator
- Licences - second hand goods
- Licences - skin piercing
- Licences - storage of petroleum
- Licences - street trading
- Scrap metal dealer- site licences
- Storage of explosives - premises licence
Licences - markets
To operate a market you need to hold a "Market Operators Licence, this includes car boot sales or farmers markets. However, not all markets require a licence, under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 the following are exempted from a licence requirement
- Functions held by charitable, religious, youth, recreational, community political or similar organisations;
- markets held only for the sale of livestock, fodder or grain
Any person who requires a market operators licence for a particular event or date must submit an application on the appropriate form along with the correct fee to West Lothian Connected, 16a Almondvale Centre, Livingston at least 35 days prior to that event or date to allow the application to be processed.
Note: where less than 35 days notice is given the council will not process the application and any fee paid will be refunded.
Forms and fees are available at the bottom of this page.
The council's Licensing team administers the licensing scheme. Information regarding the licence requirements can be obtained from Licensing team using the contact numbers 01506 281632. In addition you can use e-mail . An application form, which includes guidance is available from the documents on this page. Each application is treated on its merit but, applicants are advised that mandatory background checks will be carried out by the Lothian and Borders Police and their details will be retained on computer.
Updated: 22/09/11
