Scrap metal dealer

All scrap metal dealers in Manchester require a licence under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.

You are a scrap metal dealer if:

• you are carrying on a business which consists wholly or partly in buying or selling scrap metal, whether or not the metal is sold in the form in which it was bought; or
• you are carrying on a business as a motor salvage operator 

There are two types of licence:

• site licence - allows you to buy and sell scrap metal from a fixed location within the council area; or
• collectors licence - allows you to travel within the council area to collect scrap metal, you may not take this metal back to a site that you run within the council area in order to sell it

Site Licence:

• Application Fee £381.51
• Grant Fee £238.34
• Total Fee £619.85

Collectors Licence

• Application Fee £373.72
• Grant Fee £18.89
• Total Fee £392.61

• Application Fee £234.17
• Grant Fee £238.34
• Total Fee £472.51

•  Application Fee £234.17
• Grant Fee £238.34
• Total Fee £472.51

Please note that tacit consent does not apply to Scrap Metal Dealer applications.

To request an application form please email: premises.licensing@manchester.gov.uk

Or alternatively write to:

All scrap metal dealer licence applications are subject to a 28-day consultation period. Following the end of this period, the licence will be determined within 28 days.