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Licensing and regulation
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Animal licensing

  • Animal movement licences
  • Boarding animals licences
  • Dog breeding licences
  • Exotic, dangerous or wild animals licences
  • Pet shop licences
  • Performing animals registration
  • Riding establishment licences
  • Zoo licences
  • Primate licences
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Building and construction licensing

  • Highway projections licences
  • Occupation of the road licences
  • Scaffolding and hoarding licences
  • Skip permits
  • Materials on the highway licences
  • Temporary signs to new housing developments
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Business and markets licensing

  • Credit licences
  • House to house collection licences
  • Marriage venue licences
  • Motor salvage operator licences
  • Property licensing
  • Scrap metal dealer licence
  • Street collection licences
  • Street or pavement space for displays licences
  • Street trading licences
  • Sunday trading
  • Tattooing and skin piercing registration
  • Weighbridge operator licences
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Alcohol and entertainment licensing

  • Alcohol and entertainment licences
  • Busking in Coventry City Centre
  • Gambling licences
  • Licensed premises complaint
  • Lottery licences
  • Temporary event licences
  • Performance licences for children
  • Personal alcohol and entertainment licences
  • Private club licences
  • Safety at sports grounds licences
  • Pavement licences
  • Sex establishment licences
  • Sexual entertainment venue licences
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Hackney Carriage (i.e. Taxi) and Private Hire licensing

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Pollution licensing

  • Cooling towers registration
  • Environmental permit (PPC)
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Mobile homes and caravans licences

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Houses in multiple occupation licensing

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