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.

9 of 426 licences in Northern Ireland for Tourist accommodation, including hotels and campsites

Choose from all 48 activities

A

Application for change of tourist accommodation category (Northern Ireland)

To change your tourist accommodation premises to a different category you must apply to NITB

Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland

Tourist accommodation, including hotels and campsites

Approval of premises for civil marriage and civil partnership (Northern Ireland)

How to get a licence to hold a civil marriage or civil partnership in your venue, and what requirements to follow

Your council · Northern Ireland

Events · Tourist accommodation, including hotels and campsites

C

Caravan site licence (Northern Ireland)

You usually need a licence from your local district council to have a caravan site on your land

Your council · Northern Ireland

Tourist accommodation, including hotels and campsites

E

Entertainment licence (Northern Ireland)

Get an entertainment licence to stage indoor entertainment on a site.

Your council · Northern Ireland

Any trade

G

Gaming machine supply and maintenance certificate (Northern Ireland)

To sell, supply or maintain gaming machines in Northern Ireland you need a certificate issued by the local court

Your council · Northern Ireland

Arts and recreation · Gambling and betting, including arcades, bingo and racing · Tourist accommodation, including hotels and campsites

H

Holiday resort exemption from Sunday trading (Northern Ireland)

You need a licence to get an exemption from Sunday Trading laws in Northern Ireland

Your council · Northern Ireland

Retail: manufacturing and wholesale · Street trading and markets · Tourist accommodation, including hotels and campsites

N

Notification to process personal data

You must notify the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if your organisation processes personal data in an automated form

UK Government · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Any trade

T

Tourist accommodation certification (Northern Ireland)

You must be certified by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) to provide tourist accommodation

Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland

Tourist accommodation, including hotels and campsites

TV Licence

You need a TV Licence to watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they're broadcast, and to watch on-demand …

DCMS · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Any trade

We have not yet mapped an enabling instrument for 3 licences 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