To place tables, chairs or other temporary furniture on the pavement in England and Wales you require a licence from your local authority.
Before you apply
Please read through the guidance notes below carefully before completing the application form.
Current Highways Tables and Chairs / Street Cafe Consent application forms and guidance notes:
- Highways Tables and Chairs Guidelines (PDF)
- Highways Tables and Chairs Application Form (PDF)
- Highways Tables and Chairs Conditions (PDF)
Fees
Authorising tables and chairs on the Highway - £345
This application must be submitted with a non-refundable deposit of £126. Should your application be successful then this fee will be taken into account against the total applicable to your application.
Pay for a licence
You can pay for your licence online here:
Pay for a highways tables and chairs licence
Applications received
|
Applicant |
Location |
Times |
Articles to be sold |
Furniture |
Last Date for Representations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PizzaExpress (Restaurants) Limited trading as: PizzaExpress |
22 St Peters Street, Bedford |
Monday – Sunday 10:00 – 22:00 |
food, drink, alcohol
|
4 tables, 8 chairs, 4 barriers (planters), 1 x A-board |
22 March 2022 |
|
Carumbar UK Ltd |
11 Howard Street, Bedford, MK40 3HS |
Monday – Sunday 08:00 – 22:30 |
food, soft and alcoholic beverages |
8 tables, 32 chairs, 4 barriers |
06 May 2022 |
|
Luan Xhukellari trading as Bar Citrus |
29 Harpur Street, Bedford, MK40 1LA |
Monday – Sunday 10:30 – 15:30 |
food and drink, alcoholic & non-alcoholic including hot drinks. typical pub food, sandwiches, snacks and light bites (including tapas) |
3 tables, 6 chairs, 3 barriers |
19 May 2022 |
|
Mehmet Rasit Demirci trading as Hallows Cafe |
front of premises on the path way on 18 Allhallows Bedford, MK40 1LJ, front of Hallows Cafe |
Monday – Sunday 07:00 – 22:30 |
hot and non-alcoholic cold drinks / foods (tea, coffee, burgers, omelettes, breakfasts, sandwiches, hot dishes, baguettes, deserts, jacket potatoes, salads |
3 tables, 9 chairs, 3 barriers |
07 July 2022 |
|
Anglian Café Limited trading as Caffe Amore |
area in front of 51 Midland Road, Bedford surrounded by metal barriers measuring 4.6m x 3.8m |
Monday to Saturday 08:00 - 18:30, Sunday 09:00 - 17:30 |
hot and cold food, non-alcoholic drinks |
6 x tables, 20 x chairs, 1 x gazebo, 4 x barriers |
14 July 2022 |
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