Some council services will be unavailable over the Christmas and New Year break.
Check if you need to apply or order before Friday 19 December 2025.
You need a licence to sell or supply alcohol. Apply for a manager's certificate, alcohol on-licence, off-licence, club licence or special licence.
Apply for food registration and verification services, staff training, health and safety, food stalls and fundraising, and food grades.
View fees and charges for food registration, alcohol licences, and related costs.
See a list of health and beauty services that require a health protection licence.
Home-based businesses must follow certain rules.
Find out where you can trade, work out the costs of a mobile trading licence, apply for a mobile trading licence, or complain about a mobile trader or market.
Check what you need to do to open a commercial sex business.
Before opening a new camping ground or taking over an existing camping ground, call us on 09 301 0101 to discuss your plans.
Find out what you need to do to open a funeral directors businesses.
Find out whether you need an outdoor dining licence and how to apply for or transfer a licence. Use our calculator to work out what a licence will cost.
Find out how to apply for and renew a public market licence, how to change or transfer ownership of a public market licence, and rules for food stalls in a market.
Find out how to apply for a fish cleaning licence, a rubbish collecting licence, a stock salesyard licence, a transfer station licence or a septic tank depot licence.
Use these step by step guides to find out what permits and licences you need to open a food truck, cafe or restaurant.