Application process
If you want to apply for a licence please read these documents carefully:
- Guidance notes for applicants as a scrap metal dealer
- Application form for a scrap metal dealer (Site Licence or Collectors Licence)
- Disclosure of Conviction and Declaration Form (to be completed with application form)
- Information sheet on scrap metal dealers (to show proceeds of collection and expenses of application of proceeds)
If you do not have Word, you may download the pdf versions:
- Guidance notes for applicants as a scrap metal dealer
- Application form for a scrap metal dealer
- Disclosure of Conviction & Declaration Form
- Information sheet on scrap metal dealers
Fees
The licence fees are:
- 3 year site licence: £539
- 3 year collector's licence, for mobile carriers: £313
You can get a copy of your licence for £28.
Variation of licence
The following fees are payable if you need to make changes to your licence:
- change a collector to site licence: £230
- change a site to collector's licence: £71
- change of site manager: £117
- minor variation: £36
Transporting scrap metal
To collect or transport scrap metal legally, in addition to obtaining a Scrap Metal