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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.
  • City wide 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.

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

  • To apply for street trading consent in Milton Keynes you will need to complete the appropriate application form (these forms can also be used for renewals):
  • Applicants must provide:
    • The relevant fee
    • Photograph(s) of the vehicle/stall
    • Map or plan showing the exact location where trading will occur (except boroughwide)
    • Evidence of having public liability insurance
    • Basic criminal record check for the new applicant and any staff engaging in street trading which can be applied for here: Request a basic DBS check - GOV.UK
    • Disclosure of Convictions and Declaration must be provided by any staff engaging in street trading
    • Current MOT certificate where a motorised vehicle will be used for trading

Consent Street Application or Boroughwide Consent Application

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.

The Fee Table is provided on the application forms, 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.

Other applications (Variation and Transfer of permit to a new operator or vehicle)

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

 

The street trading policy is reviewed every 3 years. The 2026 - 2029 revised Street Trading policy was adopted on the 4 November 2025 by Cabinet. You can still view the current policy: Street Trading Policy 2022 - 2025.