Application for a Scrap Metal Licence

Application for a Scrap Metal Licence

Upon completion and submission of this form you will be contacted by our Environmental Health team who will advise if your application has been successful and the fee you will need to pay
Please click here to view the guidance notes if you need help completing your application
SECTION 1 - For All Applicants
Please select the type of licence you are applying for:

A site licenceA collector's licence
Are you applying as:

An individualA companyA partnership
Please state your trading name
Is this application for a grant of a new licence or a renewal? Please select as appropriate:

Grant of a new licenceRenewal of an existing licenceVariation
If ‘Renewal’ or Variation please provide your existing licence number. Include details of sites currently associated with your business & advise of any changes in your circumstances since your last application
SECTION 2. Permits, registrations and licences in force

Please provide details of any relevant environmental permit, exemption or registration (such as scrap metal dealer or a motor salvage operator) in relation to the applicant:

	Type	Identifying number	Date of issue
1
2
3
4

Please provide details, including the licence number, of any scrap metal licence issued by any authority to the applicant or any site managers within the last 6 years including details of any sites operated from
Are you registered as a waste carrier? You will not be issued with either a collectors licence or a site licence without being registered as a waste carrier with the Environment Agency.

YesNo
If ‘Yes’ please provide your carrier’s registration number:
Please upload a photo of your waste carrier registration number

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Have you ever been refused a scrap metal licence, a waste carriers licence or a waste management licence in the past?

YesNo
If Yes, please provide details of where, when and why your application was refused

SECTION 3. TO BE COMPLETED IF APPLYING FOR A SITE LICENCE A site licence authorises the licensee to carry on business at any site in the authority’s area. You can apply to licence multiple sites using this form.
Details of prospective licence holder

PrefixFirst NameLast Name
Please also state your maiden name or any other surnames you have previously been known by:
I am 18 years old or over

YesNo
Date of Birth

DayMonthYear
Position/Role in the business:
I attach a Basic Disclosure Certificate issued for the applicant by Disclosure Scotland. If you do not provide a disclosure certificate your application may be delayed or rejected.

YesNo
File Upload of Disclosure Certificate

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Contact Details

We will use your business address to correspond with you unless you indicate we should use your home address
Business Address - you must include details of any Premises, Site, Yard or Store associated with your business

Building Name / Number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code
Primary contact number
Please enter a valid phone number.
Alternative contact number
Please enter a valid phone number.
Email address
example@example.com
Would you prefer us to use your Home address for correspondence?

YesNo
Home Address - only complete if this is your preferred option for correspondence

House name /number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code

SITE DETAILS

Please list the details for each site where you propose to carry on business as a scrap metal dealer in this local authority area. If the applicant operates multiple sites within a licensing authority area; provision should be made for more than one site manager. Include a site plan which can be uploaded as a separate file and provide a detailed description of each site you use.
Site 1

Building Name / Number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code
Email address - Site 1
example@example.com
Website Address - Site 1
Site 1 - Manager Details (if different from the applicant) Include any names previously known by

PrefixFirst NameLast Name
Name(s) previously known by if applicable
Site 1 Manager Address

House name / number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code
Date of Birth

DayMonthYear
Basic Disclosure certificate attached?

YesNo
File Upload

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Site 2

Building Name / Number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code
Email address - Site 2
example@example.com
Website Address - Site 2
Site 2 - Manager Details (if different from the applicant) Include any names previously known by

PrefixFirst NameLast Name
Name(s) previously known by if applicable
Site 2 Manager Address

House name / number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code
Date of Birth

DayMonthYear
Basic Disclosure certificate attached?

YesNo
File Upload

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PARTNERSHIPS - If you are applying as a partnership, please provide the following details in respect of each partner
Full Name - first partner

PrefixFirst NameLast Name
Date of Birth

DayMonthYear
Address

House name / number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code
Basic Disclosure certificate attached?

YesNo
File Upload

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Full Name - second partner

PrefixFirst NameLast Name
Date of Birth

DayMonthYear
Address

House name / number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code
Basic Disclosure certificate attached?

YesNo
File Upload

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COMPANIES (If you are applying as a company please provide the details set out below about the company)
Company Name
Registration Number
Please provide the company registration number
Address of the Registered Office

Building Name / Number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code
Please provide the following details for each director(s), shadow director(s) and company secretary where these are different from the applicant and site manager(s)
Role
Name

PrefixFirst NameLast Name
Date of Birth

DayMonthYear
Address

House name / number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code
Basic Disclosure certificate attached?

YesNo
File Upload

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Role
Name

PrefixFirst NameLast Name
Date of Birth

DayMonthYear
Address

House name / number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code
Basic Disclosure certificate attached?

YesNo
File Upload

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Role
Name

PrefixFirst NameLast Name
Date of Birth

DayMonthYear
Address

House name / number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code
Basic Disclosure certificate attached?

YesNo
File Upload

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Please provide details of any site in the area of any other local authority at which the applicant carries on business as a scrap metal dealer or proposes to do so
Address

Building Name / Number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code
Please name the local authority which has licensed this site, or to whom applications have been made if before commencement of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
Do you have planning permission? (only applicable to sites established after 1st November 1990)

YesNo
Further information about Basic Disclosure Certificates and Disclosure Scotland are set out in the explanatory notes here

Please also state your maiden name or any other surnames you have previously been known by

Please provide the site manager’s home address as this will facilitate conducting checks on whether they are a suitable person

If you do not provide a disclosure certificate issued for named persons by Disclosure Scotland issued no more than three months before the date of this application your application may be delayed or rejected

Please provide the director’s home address as this will facilitate conducting checks on whether they are a suitable person

SECTION 4 - TO BE COMPLETED IF APPLYING FOR A COLLECTOR’S LICENCE. A collector’s licence authorises the licensee to carry out business as a mobile collector in the authority’s area only
Details of prospective licence holder
Name

PrefixFirst NameLast Name
Please also state your maiden name or any other surnames you have previously been known by:
I am 18 years old or over

YesNo
Date of Birth

DayMonthYear
I attach a Basic Disclosure Certificate for the applicant by Disclosure Scotland (If you do not provide a disclosure certificate your application may be delayed or rejected)

YesNo
File Upload

Cancelof

Contact Details

We will use your business address to correspond with you unless you indicate we should use your home address
Business Address

Building Name / Number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code
Telephone contact number
Please enter a valid phone number.
Mobile contact number
Please enter a valid phone number.
Email address (if you would prefer us to correspond with you by email)
example@example.com
Further information about Basic Disclosure Certificates and Disclosure Scotland are set out in the explanatory notes which can be viewed here
Please tick if you require us to use your home address for correspondence

Yes use home address
Home Address

House name / number

Street Address

TownState / Province

Postal Code

SECTION 5. MOTOR SALVAGE (For all applicants)
Will your business consist of acting as a motor salvage operator? This is defined as a business that:
- wholly or in part recovers salvageable parts from motor vehicles for re-use or re-sale, and then sells
  the rest of the vehicle for scrap;
- wholly or mainly involves buying written-off vehicles and then repairing and selling them off; and,
- wholly or mainly buys or sells motor vehicles for the purpose of salvaging parts from them or repairing
  them and selling them off.
To operate as a motor salvage operator you will need to apply for a site licence.
Please select to answer the above

YesNo
SECTION 6. BANK ACCOUNTS THAT WILL BE USED FOR PAYMENTS TO SUPPLIERS (For all applicants)

Please provide details of the bank account(s) that will be used to make payment to suppliers, in accordance with s12 of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013

	Account Name	Account Number	Sort Code
Account Name
Account Name
Account Name

SECTION 7. CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS (For all applicants)
Have you, any listed partners, any listed directors, or any listed site manager(s) in this application ever been convicted of a relevant offence or been the subject of any relevant enforcement action? (Please see below for a list of relevant offences). Please list any convictions spent or not if relevant.

YesNo
If ‘yes’ you must provide details for each conviction, the date of the conviction, the name and location of the convicting court, offence of which you were convicted and the sentence imposed:

SECTION 8. DECLARATION (For all applicants)

Even if someone has filled this form in for you, you must agree to this declaration.
The information contained in this form is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief. I understand that if I make a material statement knowing it to be false, or if I recklessly make a material statement which is false, I will be committing an offence under Schedule 1 Para 5 of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, for which I may be prosecuted, and if convicted, fined.

I understand that the local authority to whom I make my application may consult other agencies about my suitability to be licensed as a scrap metal dealer, as per section 3(7) of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, and that those other agencies may include other local authorities, the Environment Agency, the Natural Resources Body for Wales, and the police.

I understand that the purpose of the sharing of this data is to form a full assessment of my suitability to be licensed as a scrap metal dealer. I also understand that the sharing of information about me may extend to sensitive personal data, such as data about any previous criminal offences. Some details will also be displayed on a national register, as required by the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013. I hereby expressly consent to this processing of my data and display of relevant information on the public register.

I know that I must let you know in writing straight away about any change in my circumstances that may affect my application as I may be liable to prosecution, and if convicted, fined.
I confirm that I have read and understood the Declaration

Yes
If this form has been filled in by someone other than the person applying, please tell us why you are filling in this form for the person applying.
I declare that as far as possible, I have confirmed with the person applying that the answers I have written on this form are correct

Yes
Name of the person who filled in this form

PrefixFirst NameLast Name
Relationship to person applying
Date

DayMonthYear
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Application for a Scrap Metal Licence

SECTION 1 - For All Applicants

SECTION 2. Permits, registrations and licences in force

SECTION 3. TO BE COMPLETED IF APPLYING FOR A SITE LICENCE A site licence authorises the licensee to carry on business at any site in the authority’s area. You can apply to licence multiple sites using this form.

Contact Details

SITE DETAILS

PARTNERSHIPS - If you are applying as a partnership, please provide the following details in respect of each partner

COMPANIES (If you are applying as a company please provide the details set out below about the company)

Please provide the following details for each director(s), shadow director(s) and company secretary where these are different from the applicant and site manager(s)

Please provide details of any site in the area of any other local authority at which the applicant carries on business as a scrap metal dealer or proposes to do so

SECTION 4 - TO BE COMPLETED IF APPLYING FOR A COLLECTOR’S LICENCE. A collector’s licence authorises the licensee to carry out business as a mobile collector in the authority’s area only

Details of prospective licence holder

Contact Details

SECTION 5. MOTOR SALVAGE (For all applicants)

SECTION 6. BANK ACCOUNTS THAT WILL BE USED FOR PAYMENTS TO SUPPLIERS (For all applicants)

SECTION 7. CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS (For all applicants)

SECTION 8. DECLARATION (For all applicants)