Glossary of Terms
Activities not requiring consent
Trading:
- as a pedlar under a pedlar's certificate
- at an established market or fair
- as a news vendor
- at a petrol station or shop or from a street adjoining a shop which is used as part of the business of the shop
- as a roundsman (i.e. delivering pre-ordered goods to customers)
- from a licensed highway area (as defined in Part VIIA of the Highways Act 1980) under a street collection permit for charitable purposes
Applicant
The individual who has submitted an application for a street trading consent
Consent holder
An individual that holds a street trading consent
Council
Cherwell District Council
Licensing officer
An officer employed by the councils and authorised by the councils to act in pursuance of the provisions of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982
Pedlar
A pedlar is a trader who must:
- keep moving, stopping only to serve customers at their request
- move from place to place and not circulate within the same area
- carry all goods for sale and not use a trolley or stall
- hold a valid pedlar’s certificate, issued by a Chief Constable of Police
Mobile trader
A mobile street trader is one that:
- continually moves from location to location
- moves at least 50 metres from the last trading location and does not return to that location within four hours
- does not wait in one location for more than 20 minutes does not trade within 100 metres of any entrance to any educational establishment (without formal invitation from the establishment)
Roundsman
An individual who visits a ‘round’ of customers and delivers the orders of those customers, for example a milkman. A person operating an ice cream van is not classed as a roundsman
Street trading consent
A permission to trade, which is granted by a council subject to conditions and the payment of a fee
Street trading
The selling, exposing or offering of articles for sale in a street
Street
Includes any road, footway, beach or other area - including privately owned land - to which the public have access without payment
Town
A location that has a town council as opposed to a parish council