Street Collections

• Who needs a permit?
• What information is required?
• How to make an application
• When and where can I hold a collection?
• What else do I need to do?
• Regulations
• Any questions?

Who needs a permit?

Charitable organisations who are planning to hold a collection of money (or articles for sale or use), or a sale of articles (including badges, emblems or publicity materials) in a place where the public have access should apply to the Council for a Street Collection Permit.

What information is required?

We ask that you provide a letter from the charity that you are collecting for that they authorise you to collect on their behalf.

How to make an application

Applications for street collections must be made by charitable organisations at least ONE month before the proposed date of the collection (and not more than one year in advance). Once the licence is granted it will be sent out one month before the collection date.

You can download an application form using the link on the right of this page.

When and where can I hold a collection?

There is a limit on the number of collections that may be held in one year:

i. No more than one collection is authorised per charity in the same zone within the calendar year;

ii. Collections are allowed on Saturdays Only (except in December - see below);

iii. No more than one Charity can collect in any one zone at any time;

iv. Permission must be gained from private landowner or manager before the Council will issue a permit; (Please see section headed up Private Land for explanation)

v. Charities can have a blanket permit to cover all zones (including private land if permission has been granted by the landowner)

Permits for the following events may be issued even where the collection falls on the same day as another collection, or on the day immediately before or immediately after another collection:-

a. Fleet Carnival;

b. All events during the month of December (apart from on Bank Holidays);

c. Sunday Markets/Street Fairs;

d. Collections at the M3 Service station (Friday and Saturday Only).

The sale of periodical magazines (e.g. The Big Issue) may be sold without a Street Collection Permit.

Zones

Hart is divided into zones you can collect in, you can collect in one or a selection of zones but only one collection a year within the whole of the Hart District.

• Fleet and Church Crookham
• Hartley Wintney
• Yateley and Blackwater
• Odiham
• Hook
• Crondall

Private Land

The term is used for land which is not public highway, but which can still be accessed by the general public. In order to grant a permit on private land we require that you first gain permission in writing from the person who owns the land.

• M3 Service Station
• Hart Shopping Centre
• Morrisons Elvetham Heath
• Blackbushe Market
• Tesco at Hook
• Waitrose at Yateley
• Redfields Garden Centre
• Forecourt of Snips, Fleet Road, Fleet

We cannot issue a licence until we see a copy the letter giving you permission to collect.

What else do I need to do?

After the collection has been held, please complete a form of statement (available for download from the link on the right of this page), to be signed by an accountant, detailing the amount collected and any expenses incurred, must to be submitted to the Council within ONE month, of the collection date.

Regulations

See the link on the right of this page to download a copy of the Street Collection Regulations.

Any Questions?

If you have any queries, please contact this section of the Licensing Unit on (01252) 774496.