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.

6 of 426 licences in Wales for Energy, gas and electricity

Choose from all 48 activities

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Apply for a gas or electricity licence (England, Scotland and Wales)

You need a licence if you're a gas supplier, transporter, shipper or interconnector in England, Scotland and Wales

DESNZ · England, Wales and Scotland

Energy, gas and electricity

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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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You need to be registered on the Gas Safe Register to work on gas fittings or gas storage vessels in the UK

UK Government · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Energy, gas and electricity

Road occupation licence for building work (England and Wales)

You must get a licence from the council to dig up the road, or temporarily occupy it in connection with building work - fines, …

DfT · England and Wales

Building and construction · Energy, gas and electricity

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Scheduled monument consent (Wales)

You must have consent to carry out any works to a scheduled monument.

Welsh Government · Wales

Any trade

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Working with fluorinated gas (F gas)

You must have your own qualifications to work on equipment containing F gas, even if you work for someone else.

Environment Agency · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

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