Get Your Pavement Licence

Turn your outdoor space into a profit-making area! Homz UK helps cafés, restaurants, pubs, and bars across London and England to secure pavement licences quickly and compliantly — so you can place tables and chairs on the pavement legally and boost your street presence. Transform your hospitality business with legal outdoor seating that delivers immediate revenue growth and long-term competitive advantages.

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Get Your Pavement Licence

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What Is a Pavement Licence?

A Pavement Licence (also known as an Outdoor Seating Licence or Tables and Chairs Licence) allows hospitality businesses to place removable furniture on public highways — typically pavements outside your premises — for customers to eat and drink. Without one, local councils can remove your furniture or issue fines.

Since March 2024, the pavement licensing regime has become a permanent fixture under the Business and Planning Act 2020, offering hospitality businesses unprecedented certainty for long-term planning. The streamlined application process eliminates the complexity of dual planning and highway applications, replacing months of bureaucracy with a single 28-day determination period.

Homz UK manages the entire pavement licence application process in the UK, ensuring your proposal meets all council, accessibility, and planning rules.

Who Needs a Pavement Licence?

If you run any of the following, you’ll likely need a licence:

Café, coffee shop, or bakery
Restaurant, pub, or bar
Takeaway with outdoor tables
Hospitality premises serving food or drink to the public

What Does the Pavement Licence Cover?

Your pavement licence allows you to place:

Removable tables, chairs, benches, barriers or planters
Umbrellas, heaters, and temporary covers
Furniture for the sale or consumption of food and drink

Our Town Planners and Architects offer a wide variety of planning and design services for all residential and commercial planning applications. Feel free to Contact Us with your enquiries, and our expert team will get in touch with a FREE No Obligation Chat regarding your project.

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How Does It Work?

Initial Review & Advice

We assess your property, frontage, and local council policies. Book your Planning Advice call with one of our Town Planners.

Drawing & Documentation

We prepare a scaled site plan showing tables and chairs layout, ensuring pedestrian and wheelchair accessibility.

Application Submission

Homz UK completes your council form, provides photos, and uploads required documents (insurance, consent, etc.).

Public Notice & Consultation

Your application will be displayed for 14 days for public consultation.

Decision or Deemed Approval

If no decision is made in time, your licence may be automatically approved.

Post-Approval Support

We help you remain compliant with licence conditions and renew before expiry.

Key Information:

up to £500

Council licence fees

£295 plus VAT

Homz application fees

3-5 Working Days

Time to prepare your documents

Duration of the Licence

6-24 months

Call Us Today & Get Your Licence Sorted

Let Homz UK support your pavement licence success with a clear, compliant, and cost-effective Licence Support.

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 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Needed planning permission submitted within a short period and the Homz team delivered as requested. Their service was efficient and we managed to get an approval due to their professionalism and experience.
  
 
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 31/08/2026
 
 
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What’s Not Covered by the Pavement Licence

Permanent or fixed structures (gazebos, decking, built-in seating)
A-boards or advertising signage
Changing the use of premises
Non-hospitality furniture (e.g. salon seating)

If you’re unsure whether your proposal needs Planning Permission as well, our consultants can confirm this as part of our Planning Appraisal.

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Common Pavement Licence Requirements

Maintain at least 1.5 m clear pedestrian width on the footway
Remove all furniture when closed
Keep the area clean and free of obstruction
Maintain valid public liability insurance (minimum £5 million)
No obstruction of disabled access, bus stops, or cycle routes
In case you do not own the premises, you will need a Landlord Consent Letter authorising the use of the pavement.

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Why Choose Homz UK?

Expertise in Planning & Licensing: We’ve handled hundreds of outdoor seating and pavement licence applications across England — from central London cafés to suburban pubs.

Fast-Track Service: Our team understands local authority requirements, ensuring your submission is right the first time.

Full Layout Drawing Support: We can include layout drawings compliant with accessibility and highway safety rules.

Nationwide Coverage: We support applications in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol, and all other UK councils.

Our Planning Experts Will Manage Your Application

While each project presents unique challenges, with careful planning, research, and professional guidance, property owners can get the most profit from their projects. Our Town Planning Consultants at have full knowledge of the ever-changing planning and licence policies that any project will be subject to. So, their help could be indispensable — especially if your project or proposal is in a designated area which carries restrictions such as a Conservation Area or AONB.

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Need a Planning Advice?

If you have questions about your application and need specialist advice, our highly rated 4-Steps Planning Appraisal service is best for you. Contact Us with your enquiries and our expert team will get in touch to initiate your appraisal enquiry.

1. Enquire Us With Your Project

Contact us NOW and let’s have an initial Free No Obligation Chat to review your project objectives, timescales and identify the most suitable roadmap for your planning application, development and refurbishment plans. Our experienced Advisors will guide you to the best to start your project TODAY!

2. Planning Policy Research

Homz Chartered Town Planner will need to conduct research within the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to understand whether the local planning authority is applying any constraints on your property and search for any evidence that could support your application or that could see it rejected.

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3. Phone Consultation (approx. 30 min)

After this initial research has been completed our planner will provide you with a Phone Consultation to discuss what can be built in terms of appearance and size, if planning is required, if so, which application is required, the likelihood of success and what is the best planning strategy.

4. Planning Appraisal Report

Once you had your consultation call with your appointed town planner, we’ll send you a Planning Appraisal Report customised to your site, project and planning application with the likelihood of success, required planning application and accurate Quotation for a successful planning application.

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Get Your Pavement Licence

Get Your Pavement Licence

What Is a Pavement Licence?

Who Needs a Pavement Licence?

What Does the Pavement Licence Cover?

Experience Unbeatable Success in Planning Applications in the UK

Applications Submitted

Pre-Planning Appraisals

Positive Feedback

Average Time To Submit an Application

How Does It Work?

Initial Review & Advice

Drawing & Documentation

Application Submission

Public Notice & Consultation

Decision or Deemed Approval

Post-Approval Support

Key Information:

up to £500

£295 plus VAT

3-5 Working Days

Duration of the Licence

Call Us Today & Get Your Licence Sorted

We Love Our Client Feedback!

What’s Not Covered by the Pavement Licence

Our Success-Proven Planning Process Towards Securing Licences

Common Pavement Licence Requirements

Why Choose Homz UK?

Our Planning Experts Will Manage Your Application

Need a Planning Advice?

1. Enquire Us With Your Project

2. Planning Policy Research

3. Phone Consultation (approx. 30 min)

4. Planning Appraisal Report

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