Trading at Notting Hill Carnival
Every year, traders offer food and drink and accessories. They are regulated to ensure that what they offer is safe and meets food safety standards and other requirements.
Council officers ensure that licensed stallholders stop trading at the time specified on their licence, and do not continue trading beyond that time.
Every year, we work to improve our waste and recycling processes. We work with our traders and contractors leading up to, during, and after the event.
Kensington and Chelsea
Carnival trading 10am to 8pm
Street Trading Office
[email protected]
Westminster
Carnival trading 10am to 7pm
(8pm at Maida Hill Market)
Licensing Service
Trading from residential properties
If you are planning to trade from your home or private property:
- You must ensure that you have permission from the land owner, landlord, housing provider to engage in commercial activities from within your home, communal areas and/or external gardens.
- You must comply with the various requirements of food hygiene, food trading standards and Health & Safety legislations.
- The customer must be standing inside of the property’s garden wall or boundary at the time of trading and not on the public highway, otherwise a Street Trading Licence is required.
- You must submit a Temporary Event Notice (TEN) or apply for a premises licence if you wish to sell alcohol or provide regulated entertainment i.e. live music or recorded music for paying guests and/or members of the public. The last date for submitting a standard TEN for the bank holiday weekend is Friday 9 August 2024.
Please contact your local Licensing Team to verify whether you need a licence for your proposed Carnival activity:
Kensington and Chelsea Licensing
020 7341 5152
Westminster Licensing
020 7641 6500
Unlicensed activity
It is against the law to sell or knowingly allow alcohol to be sold without a premises licence or a Temporary Event Notice (TEN) being in force.
Under certain circumstances performing live music or playing recorded music may also require a premises licence or a TEN.
If you allow such activities to take place on your premises without the appropriate licence or authorisation, you may be committing an offence.