Ross-shire market event planners urged to check possible licensing requirements with Highland Council

Highland Council’s licensing service has issued a call for any organisations planning to hold any type of market, including Christmas or festive events, to first contact it to check if they require a market operator’s licence.

If a licence is required organisers will have to have applied for, and had this granted, prior to the market taking place.

There are certain exemptions from the requirement to be licenced. For example, if the market is to be organised by charitable, religious, youth, recreational, community, political or similar organisations.

To check if a licence will be required email the licensing team at licensing@highland.gov.uk

Further details including conditions of licence are available at https://www.highland.gov.uk/marketoperatorlicence

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