Anyone operating as a scrap metal dealer within the borough is required to register with the borough council. For the purposes of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 a scrap metal dealer is defined as any person who carries on a business that consists wholly or partly of buying and selling scrap metal, whether it is sold in the form it was bought or otherwise.
Anyone trading as a scrap metal dealer who is not registered should do so by contacting Licensing Services or by downloading and completing the form below.
A scrap metal dealer who has no scrap metal to store (ie. a dealer who buys from a supplier and transports scrap metal to his or her customers) must register with the local authority in whose area his or her business address is situated or if there is no business address the Local Authority in whose area he or she lives.
Registrations last for 3 years and must then be renewed. There is no registration fee involved.
Download application form for registration as scrap metal dealer (PDF 19Kb)
Contact details
Licensing Services
St Edmundsbury Borough Council
Borough Offices
Angel Hill
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 1XB
Tel: 01284 757103
Email: licensing@stedsbc.gov.uk
