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Street Trading in Milton Keynes

MK City Council regulates street trading via consent and prohibited streets under powers adopted from the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982

If you sell or offer for sale any article in a street in the city of Milton Keynes, you must have street trading consent. This includes sellers of any product, including food and non-food items, from any vehicle, stall, trailer or any other movable or static structure. It includes both hot and cold food, for example burger or ice cream sellers. 

  • A prohibited street is a street where trading is prohibited on or within 60 metres from it.
  • A consent street is a street where trading is requires the consent of the Council trading on or within 60 metres from it.
  • Boroughwide consent allows a trader to visit multiple consent locations to trade for up to 20 minutes at a time in any one 100 metre part of any one consent street on any one day.
  • Street Trading policy 2026 - 2029 - Rules and procedures to guide decisions and actions.
  • If you wish to make a complaint about a street trader, please complete the Licensing Complaints Form.

Please visit the Street Trading guide before applying and for more information on Street Trading in MK.

New applicants are limited to trading for 3 hours per day. When 21 days’ worth of trading has occurred, applicants may wish to apply for a variation to increase their hours.

Applicants should also:

  • Be registered as a food business with Milton Keynes City Council
  • Where relevant, have permission of the land owner of the area where you wish to trade
  • Have appropriate business waste arrangements

You can now apply online for a new or renewal of Street Trading Consent Permit, Transfer a permit or update your food mobile

  • You can apply online for a new or renewal of street trading consent permit, also to Transfer an existing permit or update your food mobile.
  • Applicants must provide (where relevant to the application type):
    • The relevant fee
    • Disclosure of Convictions and Declaration must be provided by any staff engaging in street trading
    • Proof of Right to Work or share code for the street trading applicant and any staff engaging in street trading.
    • Basic criminal record check for the new applicant and any staff engaging in street trading: Request a basic DBS check - GOV.UK
    • Photograph(s) of the vehicle/stall
    • Map or plan showing the exact location where trading will occur
    • Evidence of having public liability insurance
    • Current MOT certificate and vehicle insurances where a motorised vehicle will be used for trading

Regulatory Fees. New applications, renewals and variations are payable in two parts. Firstly, an application fee and secondly, a grant fee, payable at the end of the 28 day consultation period, which is variable depending on how many hours you are applying for.

For a list of current street traders consent permit holders in Milton Keynes, view the Street Trading Public Register. 

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