Licences and permits

The permissions a business needs before it can trade, each one tied to the law that creates it and to the body that issues it. We point at GOV.UK for fees and forms, and never copy them.

7 of 426 licences in Wales for Agriculture: crops and plants

Choose from all 48 activities

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Aerial application certificate for dropping material from an aircraft or drone (agriculture, horticulture, forestry)

You need an aerial application certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to drop articles from an aircraft for agriculture, horticulture or forestry: apply …

CAA · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Agriculture: crops and plants · Transport and logistics, including aviation

Aerial application of plant protection products: permission to spray from an aircraft or drone

You must get an aerial spraying permit from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) before you apply a plant protection product from an aircraft, …

HSE · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Agriculture: crops and plants · Transport and logistics, including aviation

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Goods vehicle operator licences

You need a goods vehicle operator’s licence if your business uses a goods vehicle with either a gross plated weight (the maximum weight that …

Traffic Commissioners · England, Wales and Scotland

Any trade

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Heather and grass burning licence (Wales)

You need a licence to burn heather, rough grass, bracken, gorse or vaccinium outside the burning season in Wales

Your council · Wales

Agriculture: animals · Agriculture: crops and plants · Environment conservation and wildlife +1 more

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Local authority environmental permits (England and Wales)

Permit to carry out Part A(2) or Part B activities or run a Part A(2) or Part B installation or mobile plant.

Your council · England and Wales

Any trade

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Pesticide approval

You need approval from the Heath and Safety Executive (HSE) Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD) to sell, distribute or store new pesticides in the UK

HSE · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Agriculture: crops and plants · Chemicals and petroleum · Environment: management and waste

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Weighbridge operator certificate

Contact your council for a certificate of competence to operate a chargeable weighbridge

Your council · England, Wales and Scotland

Any trade

We have not yet mapped an enabling instrument for 1 licence on this list. That is a gap in our graph, not a statement about the law, and those pages say so rather than guessing.

Checking approvals more broadly?

A licence is one of several things you may need before your first day of trading. The pre-trading quick check walks the registrations, insurances and approvals alongside it.

Run the pre-trading quick check

Not sure which of these apply to you?

Our guides on finding a licence and dealing with your local council walk through the questions that decide it.

Find a licence