Late Hours Catering

If you intend to sell hot food or hot drink between the hours of 11pm and  5am from permanent or temporary premises (including burger vans and stalls) then a licence under the Licensing Act 2003 is now required.  This includes vans, mobile stalls and premises. You must also be registered as a food business with Environmental Health.

The supply of hot drink by vending machine to which the public have access and is operated by members of the public without staff involvement, with payment being inserted into the machine is not licensable. This exemption however does not apply to hot food.

The supply of hot food or hot drink free of charge is exempt provided that there is no charge for entry to the premises nor for some other item in order to obtain the hot food or hot drink.

Please see the separate Licensing Act 2003 section for further information and details about how to apply for a licence.