Explosives licence
Traders who wish to keep and sell fireworks (explosives) at their premises are required to register their premises with us. Failure to do so may result in heavy fines and the legal removal of stock. There are also controls on the method of storage and the maximum quantities that can be kept on site.
Registration or Storage
This allows traders to store fireworks all year round but they can only be sold at the specified periods shown below:
- Bonfire Night - 15 October to 10 November
- New Year's Eve - 26 December to 31 December
- Chinese New Year - on the first day of the Chinese New Year and the three days preceding it
- Diwali - on the day of Diwali and the three days preceding it.
All year round licences
Businesses that wish to sell fireworks all year round (outside the above dates) will have to apply for an additional licence
Fees
The current fees are:
- Storage (allows you to store up to a maximum net explosives quantity of 2000kg)
- New Application: £178
- Renewal: £83
- Registration (allows you to store up to a maximum net explosives quantity of 250kg)
- New Application: £105
- Renewal: £52
- All year round licences £500.
Licence application form 
(PDF 420 KB) For Storage/ Registration
Licence application from (PDF 176 KB) for All year round sale of Fireworks.
Guidance notes (PDF 220 KB) Guide to storing fireworks.
For more information and application forms to store more then 250 kg or to sell all year round please contact Trading Standards.
- Tel. 020 8359 2178
- Email: trading.stds@barnet.gov.uk
- Fax: 020 8361 7650
Email this pageLast modified by: Arash Kazerouni on 20/08/2010