Licensing & Registration

To be a scrap metal dealer, you need to register with your local authority.

There is no charge for this registration.

The registration must be renewed every three years from the date it was granted.

A scrap metal dealer shall be classed as carrying on a business in the local authority area if any of the following apply:

• the dealer occupies a place as a scrap metal store in the area
• the dealer does not occupy a place as a scrap metal store but has a usual place of residence in the area
• the dealer does not occupy a place as a scrap metal store but occupies a place for business purposes

Applicants must provide the following:

• their full name
• the address of the dealer, or in the case of a company, their registered or principal office
• the address of each place occupied as a scrap metal store, if any
• if the business is carried on without a scrap metal store
• if the business is carried on without a scrap metal store but the applicant occupies a place for the purposes of business, and the address of such a place

The registered dealer must notify the local authority of any changes to these details or if they cease to be a scrap metal dealer.

• Apply for registration as a scrap metal dealer
• Tell us about a change to your existing registration as a scrap metal dealer

• Licensing
• Thurrock Council
• Civic Offices, New Road
• Grays
• Essex
• RM17 6SL

• Tel: 01375 652187 or 01375 652879
• Fax: 01375 652277
• Email: licensing@thurrock.gov.uk

• British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA)
• International Aluminium Institute
• International Lead Association
• Metal Bulletin

Please contact the council in the first instance.

Please contact the council in the first instance.

We would always advise that in the event of a complaint the first contact is made with the trader by you - preferably in the form a letter (with proof of delivery). If that has not worked, if you are located in the UK, Consumer Direct will give you advice. From outside the UK contact the UK European Consumer Centre.