Pavement licence trading guidelines
- Pavement cafés will need to cease operating and/or be removed for any period of time in order to permit maintenance, installation, special events, improvements to the public highway by the council and other bodies.
- Tables and chairs must not be placed in position outside of the permitted times. When the licence is not in use, all tables and chairs and other furniture must stored securely inside a premises.
- Should any of the licence conditions be ignored or any furniture be left out on the pavement outside the permitted hours it will be removed and stored or disposed of at the cost of the licensee.
- An unimpeded pedestrian route must be maintained at all times for people wishing to use the pavement.
- Emergency routes to the premises and adjacent buildings must not be obstructed.
- A Pavement Licence should not extend beyond the width of the premises frontage.
- Tables and chairs should be of an approved type and should be kept in a good state of repair. Placement of tables and chairs must allow pedestrians to use the footway parallel to the frontage of the premises.
- Furniture should be placed so as not to obstruct driver sightlines, or road traffic signs. Care should be taken in the use of hanging baskets, awnings and protruding umbrellas.
- The area must be operated in a safe and orderly manner so as to minimise any safety risk or nuisance.
- The operation of the area must not interfere with highway drainage arrangements.
- All food and drink remnants, spillages, bottles, cans and wrappers must regularly be removed from the pavement to reduce hazards to pedestrians. Arrangements must be put in place to regularly check for and to remove litter and rubbish on pedestrian walkways, caused by persons using the licensed area, for a distance of up to 10 metres from the boundary of the licensed area.
- Tables must be cleared in an efficient manner during the hours of operation.
- No fixtures, or excavations of any kind can be made to the surface of the highway without prior written approval of the council. Any costs incurred as a result of damage to the highway, due to the positioning of tables and chairs etc, will be recovered in full from the licence holder by Hillingdon Council.
- A premises not licensed under the Licensing Act 2003 must not allow the consumption of alcohol within the licensed area.
- A premises licensed under the Licensing Act 2003 must not allow the consumption of alcohol within the licensed area outside the hours in force for the premises itself.
- The licence must be displayed on the premises with a plan of the agreed layout of the pavement café.
- The conditions of the licence and any other necessary permissions and regulations are to be adhered to.
- The highway is to be used solely for the purpose of the licence, in line with the provisions of this licence and for no other purpose whatsoever.