Freedom of Information Request – Street Trading Pitches
Case reference FOI2025/00016
Received 7 April 2025
Published 8 April 2025
Request
I would like to request:
1. A list of all currently available pitches for street trading, especially isolated pitches and pitches on pavement.
2. If there are no pitches currently available, a list of all street trading pitches, along with the dates on which they are due for renewal.
3. Where a person wishes to trade from a place that is not a designated site, please describe in detail your process for considering designating that place as a licence site e.g. comprensive criterias that needs to be met and comprehensive reasons why a licence to a new site may not be given.
Response
1. A list of all currently available pitches for street trading, especially isolated pitches and pitches on pavement. - This information is within the Council's Street Trading policy https://tunbridgewells.gov.uk/licensing/businesses-and-street-trading/street-trading-and-market-stalls Pitch availability varies on a daily basis, and cannot be provided in advance, apart from when a request is received for a particular pitch.
2. If there are no pitches currently available, a list of all street trading pitches, along with the dates on which they are due for renewal. We do not issue renewals, only new. This information is within the Council's Street Trading policy https://tunbridgewells.gov.uk/licensing/businesses-and-street-trading/street-trading-and-market-stalls
3. Where a person wishes to trade from a place that is not a designated site, please describe in detail your process for considering designating that place as a licence site e.g. comprensive criterias that needs to be met and comprehensive reasons why a licence to a new site may not be given.. If the area is not designated for trading the application cannot be considered, this is outside of our remit. We only have designated trading within a mile of the Town Centre
Documents
This is Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.