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Find out and apply for performance licences for school-aged children.
If you are planning to hold a raffle or a lottery find out whether you need permission and how you can apply.
In Dorset, Trading Standards are responsible for making sure sites where petrol is delivered, stored and dispensed are safe
You may need a licence to busk in Dorset.
All residential caravan sites and non-residential caravan sites will need planning permission and a site licence.
How to apply for or renew a chaperone licence.
You must apply for a work permit to employ a young person.
Find out when you need to apply for a cooling tower licence and how to apply.
Certain industrial processes and activities which have the potential to cause pollution are required to have an Environmental permit to operate.
Any person planning to keep explosives such as fireworks or vehicle airbag detonators is required by law to have a current licence.
Information on filming locations and how to apply for a filming permit.
Find out about the different types of gambling licences and apply.
If you would like to show, demonstrate or perform a hypnotism act in public, you must have authorisation from the Licensing Authority.
To run any sexual entertainment establishment, such as a sex shop, a sex cinema or a sexual entertainment venue, you will require a licence from us.
If you offer tattooing, semi-permanent skin colouring, cosmetic piercing, electrolysis or acupuncture you must be registered with us.